Sergeant Cuff on the Cliffs, by William Sharp, an illustration for Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone, but unfortunately quite relevant today! #weather https://t.co/UxqvlMO13K
#OTD 1876, the Court Circular reported that the Prince of Wales, on his trip round #India, admired the famous Golden Temple at Amritsar, but hadn't taken off his shoes and gone in because that was "inexpedient"—what a shame! (Illus. by Mortimer Menpes) https://t.co/kbmPKErR1p
#Goodmorning: born in Bayswater #OTD 1824, the "King of Sensation," Wilkie Collins. Philip Allingham's piece on The Moonstone and British #India, https://t.co/nVXAhJBVV6
Ornamental bookplates were ideal accompaniments to those handsomely bound, special-occasion Victorian gift-books: this one, for a book entitled "Wayside Posies," is designed so that you lift the flowers to see, in tiny print, "Wish for the #New Year" https://t.co/HkWPMXR5Ff
Could this be you now, after staying up last night?! #BurneJones's "The Council Chamber" from his Briar Rose series. https://t.co/L3qNOaOJtw
"In Peril (The Harbour Flare)" by Atkinson Grimshaw. His moonlit scenes can be hauntingly beautiful, but the red flare here means a ship is in danger in the stormy sea, and people are running to look ("In Peril" may come from the hymn, "Eternal Father") https://t.co/8Ehl8dTuKR
#goodmorning with Tony Schwab's short, thoughtful essay on Oliver Twist, who wonders, how is it that Oliver "was born moral"? https://t.co/JSQCVcbDiw
"Now Is the Pilgrim Year Fair Autumn's Charge" by John Liston Byam Shaw (1872-1919), exhibited 1904. Sunny here today, hopefully a time to enjoy the rich colours of Autumn! https://t.co/LxKfXqh1kk
#OTD 1854, the Charge of Scarlett's 300 or Heavy Brigade at Balaclava. Such a dreadful event for men and horses, but a brilliantly dynamic evocation of it (after Stanley Berkeley, c.1890). Thanks @NAM_London. #history #Crimea https://t.co/uoWdPlLfr0
Intrigued to see the subject of this 1870s watercolour, The Skater, by E. J. Gregory, described as "#Tissot-esque"! Something in the pose, @HammockAuthor?
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