Jane Hoodlessさんのイラストまとめ

John Milton was nearly 60 when he published Paradise Lost (1667). Blind since 1652, he wrote his epic poem entirely via dictation & also while he was often ill with gout, & grieving the early death of his 2nd wife, & the loss of an infant daughter. #WyrdWednesday

HAVING YOUR BUMPS FELT merges the pseudoscience of phrenology & quack medicines of the mid-C19th & C20th. Such cure-alls sought to redress general & specific physical imbalance or implied social inadequacy, notably targeting 'women's problems' or 'hysterical women'.

More Paula Rego details from yesterday's visit @Tate.

Wow, the Paula Rego exhibition @Tate was really powerful heady stuff. I was surprised at how large some of the pieces were, & enjoyed being able to hone-in on details, symbols & some truly accomplished mark-making.

Parcheesi boards. #HomeEntertainment

Léon Frédéric: The Three Sisters (1896)

Marsden Hartley: Give Us This Day (1938) in which the central seagull "recalls traditional depictions of the Holy Spirit as a dove, balancing reminders of mortality with the promise of redemption".
Blessed art those that steal pasties, ice-cream & chips from unwitting tourists…

Ithell Colquhoun (1941) @britishmuseum

Henri Rousseau liked the odd - albeit stylised - fern.

A human-like changeling may display intelligence far beyond their apparent years, as well as possess uncanny insight. A common way such a being could identify itself is through displaying unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone… #FairyTheft #FolkloreThursday