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PORTER: drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
MACDUFF: What three things does drink especially provoke?
PORTER: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.
Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3
#ShakespeareSunday
Image: Birmingham Bag Man, Edward Hedges Cornhill, 1792.
"He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach"
Henry VIII, Act 4, Scene 2
#ShakespeareSunday BEARDS, BELLIES & BEERS
Image: Bath Beau and Country Beau by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1788-1790.
Thinking, thinking, too much thinking!
Studies for The Lament by Edward Burne-Jones, c.1865-66.
John Singer Sargent was born #onthisday 12th January 1856. We have several works by him in @BM_AG's collection - my favourite is Portrait of the Baroness de Meyer, c.1900-1910.
https://t.co/2Ijh7CdmjK
#OpenAccess
The Wedding of St George... no one looks like they're looking forward to the main course at the reception!
One of the designs for the St George and the Dragon stained glass windows by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1861-62.
For @museumbums who were wrongly locked out of twitter for an art bum as their bio pic, we have a male nude (he's posed as a sculptor) by Ford Madox Brown, 1847. With a great art bum we're sure you'll agree! Do give @museumbums a follow if you don't already! 🍑
Angels and Children by Edward Burne-Jones, 1865. The stained glass design was for St John the Evangelist Church, Torquay.
Time for some exercise? Thinking about it! 😴
Going to the Park by John Everett Millais, 1871.
Treating everyone to this gorgeous stained glass design for Christmas.
Hope you have a lovely, peaceful Christmas, with plenty of rest and time for reflection. And if not - hope you can get a break to do that soon. It's been a tough year!
Nativity scene by Florence Camm 1924.
Love the Holy Grail tapestries? Please support our conservation appeal!
https://t.co/dFFaDzMDpE
Image: Quest for the Holy Grail Tapestries - The Failure of Sir Gawaine; Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine at the Ruined Chapel, 1895-96. https://t.co/5DAKRsf9fe