Norwich Castleさんのイラストまとめ

In the summer of 1549, a group of rebels from towns and villages across Norfolk camped beneath a large oak tree on Mousehold Heath, led by Robert Kett. They were protesting against enclosure, the fencing off of common land by powerful landlords. #MuseumsUnlocked Day 105: #Protest

"November - with uncanny witchery in its changed trees." L.M. Montgomery

'Water Lane, Autumn' by John Berney Ladbrooke (1803-1879), oil on canvas, 1864

Some lovely ladies’ fashions from the ‘Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine’ 1867. Practical? No. Comfortable? Not likely; but you never know when a couple of spare curtain tassels might come in handy. #FashionFriday

More ‘Fashions for October’ from 1847 – do try these at home, but don’t forget to match that shawl to a face-mask for the full 2020 effect. #FashionFriday

Well it’s October and #Fashion Friday, so here are some wonderful ‘Fashions for October’ you can try out - from an 1847 women’s magazine in our collections. Bonnets are of course optional.

Robert Kett led Kett’s Rebellion, a revolt in response to the tragedy of the commons. The rebels seized control of Norwich for nearly all of Aug. 1549 before falling to a professional army. Found guilty of treason, he was hung from the castle later that year #WorldHumanitarianDay

For #VJDay75, we’re revealing the role played by the Royal Norfolk Regiment in campaigns in the East during #WW2. This morning we discussed the Japanese victories in Malaya & Singapore in 1942. Now we turn to the Allied campaigns in Burma (now Myanmar) & India in 1944-5. (Thread)

Seems like it could go either way today, Peggy Somerville's Green Parasols or John Sell Cotman's Stormy Weather? As a museum, we have to say we normally like rain in the summer hols, not sure our friends @GressenhallFW would agree. What about you - sun seeker or rain relisher?

That’s @AngelHotelBury! Dickens first stayed at The Angel in 1835. Mr Pickwick and his manservant Sam stayed here on the trail of Alfred Jingle in The Pickwick Papers. Image: Mr Pickwick on the Ice by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Alice B. Woodward. #CopperfieldAlong

This oil painting of Robert Jannys, Mayor of Norwich in 1517 and 1524, was painted by an unknown artist in the 17th Century.

Robert was originally a grocer by trade, and would later become one of the wealthiest people in Norwich!