Mary Evans Picture Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

Born #OnThisDay in 1902, American actress and bonne vivant Tallulah Bankhead. Illustration by Olive Snell ©ILN Ltd, posing in 1932, & with Hedda Hopper in 1950 courtesy @EverettPhotos

Born #OTD in 1806, Scottish painter Daniel Maclise, renowned for his romanticised & often sentimental historical genre paintings.

Hold on to your hats (and umbrellas, and children) on this windy day! #breezy

Born #otd 1788 George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS, known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. Flamboyant and notorious, Byron was both celebrated and castigated during his life for his excesses

Born #OTD in Aix-en-Provence, French Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne, often referred to as the father of modern art #art #arthistory

#OTD in 49 B.C. Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, triggering the start of civil war #romans #History

One of the finest bird artists in the UK, Norfolk-based Robert Gillmor, is represented by Mary Evans Picture Library. Here's a selection of his glorious linocuts for #NationalBirdDay

On #NationalRobinDay here's the lovely cover of Stephen Moss's 'The Robin: A Biography' from @vintagebooks using our robin illustration.

Born #OTD in 1778, Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian & performer, who made the role of Clown in Harlequinade his own. #pantomime #clowns #hereweareagain

Published #OTD in The Illustrated London News, 1929, this illustration by G.H. Davis of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII) in his Gipsy Moth flying over Windsor Castle #flyingroyals