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B #OTD 1795 John Polidori, Byron's travelling companion & author of The Vampyre (1819). F Gainsford c1816 @NPGLondon
The great William Wilberforce politician, reformer, abolitionist b #OTD 1759. W/c by George Richmond 1833 @NPGLondon
B #OTD 1944 the great Peter Weir director of fab Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli & v splendid Master & Commander
The great #WilliamBlake d #OTD 1827. Here's the extraordinary The Great Red Dragon ink & w/c c1803-5 @brooklynmuseum
Happy B'day Emil Nolde #OTD 1867 fab selfportrait 1917 (Nolde Stiftung Seebüll) & Moonlit Scene 1917 @AlbertinaMuseum
The great Grinling Gibbons d #OTD 1721 portr Kneller 1690 @hermitage_eng & Stoning of St Stephen late 17thc @V_and_A
Qn Anne dies #OTD 1714 & is succeeded by Georg Ludwig of Hanover, ushering in the Georgian Era. Portraits @NPGLondon
#OTD 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart (engr @NPGLondon) steps ashore at Eriskay. Photo via @walkhighlands #Jacobites