The Backstreet Regentsさんのイラストまとめ

We’ve all heard of Shakespeare’s (hypothetical) sister, but what of Mozart’s prodigiously talented real sister? — and what she might have gone on to accomplish, had she not been denied the opportunity.

(Image from a portrait of the Mozart Family by J. N. della Croce, c. 1780)

Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

("The Elements of Skating: Attitude is Everything !"
James Gillray, 1805)

"Some match their Jacket to their hat,
Some match it with their socks;
But I find wild Zebra stripes
To be a look that Rocks !”

(Image attributed to Henry Kingsbury, 1787, gently mocking the future Prince Regent)
#FashionableVerse #PoetryCommunity #History

This print got its creator, James Gillray, in a spot of bother with the authorities. Not, surprisingly, because of its mockery of a drunk and unsteady future Prince Regent, but for its jocular evocation of the Nativity scene.

It was published on this day in 1796. #OnThisDay #otd