Jane Hoodlessさんのイラストまとめ

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…"

Isaac Newton died #OTD 1726: "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore… finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

The peregrinations of his youth may've encouraged Richard Burton–born #OTD 1821–to regard himself as an outsider for much of his life. Antagonised by his teachers & peers, during his 1st term at Oxford, he challenged another student to a duel after the latter mocked his 'tache.

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

Dorothy Gish, born #OTD 1898: “And so I am a comedienne, though I, too, once wanted to do heroic & tragic things. Today my objection to playing comedy is that it is so often misunderstood by the audiences…so often thought to be a lesser art & something which comes naturally…"

John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, photographer, inventor & busy father of twelve was born #OTD 1792: "He that on such quest would go must know not fear or failing To coward soul or faithless heart the search were unavailing."

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.

Hell's Angels made Jean Harlow–born Harlean Harlow Carpenter #OTD 1911–an international star. Despite her popularity with audiences, the critics were less than enthusiastic: "It doesn't matter what degree of talent she possesses… nobody ever starved possessing what she's got."