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"A hot-tempered, sailor-like man of unmistakable honesty & sterling goodness of heart", Thomas Coram–died #OTD 1751–was shocked by the sight of infants exposed in the streets, often in a dying state, & agitated the great & the good for 17 years to build a foundling hospital.

Marc Chagall died #OTD 1985: The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

There was a peal of thunder at the moment of Ludwig van Beethoven's death #OTD 1827. Troubled by his encroaching loss of hearing since his 20s, he was often irascible, & would stop performing if the audience gave him less than their full attention.

After his 1st trip to London, Anthony van Dyck–b.#OTD 1599–returned to Flanders with "the pomp of Zeuxis…& being naturally of elevated mind & anxious to make himself distinguished, he therefore wore—as well as silks—a hat with feathers & brooches, gold chains across his chest…"

Lacking the technical knowledge of the chromoxylography process which made her illustrations gaudy, Kate Greenaway–born #OTD 1846–visited @NationalGallery to study masters eg Jan van Eyck, whose Arnolfini portrait she especially liked, & illuminated manuscripts @britishmuseum.

A human child stolen by the fairies & replaced by one of their own; a changeling may display intelligence far beyond its apparent years, possess uncanny insight, & exhibit unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone… #FolkloreThursday

Sergei Prokofiev–whose life was so overshadowed by Stalin's actions–died #OTD 1953, the same day as the Soviet dictator. He lived near Red Square, & for three days as the throngs gathered to mourn Stalin, it was impossible to carry the composer's body to his own funeral service.

Antonio Vivaldi–born #OTD 1678–& immediately baptised by the midwife, either due to his poor health or bec an earthquake had shaken Venice that day. Either trauma may have caused his mother to dedicate her red-haired son to the priesthood, where he became known as The Red Priest.

Horace Walpole–died #OTD 1797–"served his country, not by drudgery in the Exchequer & Customs, which paid him, but by transmitting to posterity an incomparable vision of England as it was in his day… the machinations of politicians & the turmoil of elections." Plus ça change.

The witty caricatures of Honoré Daumier–born #OTD 1808–made him one of the most widely recognised social & political commentators of the day. His scathing image of France's corpulent king, Louis-Philippe as Gargantua led to a six month imprisonment at Sainte Pelagie.