//=time() ?>
Expecting #StormBella So sorry for people affected by or worrying about flooding—as if we haven't had enough to contend with this year. Keep safe! This is William Sharp's take on Sergeant Cuff on the cliffs in Wilkie Collins's "The Moonstone" https://t.co/lNavUmY2Ed
One of the most famous scenes in Dickens (even in our literature): Oliver asks for more, by Harold Copping (1924) https://t.co/GcEppJEw6n
Kate Greenaway's calendar for 1884, with December well wrapped up & carrying a basket of Christmas greens (not sprouts, holly!) Thanks @SomersetAndWood) https://t.co/f03QrKyTrf
Lots of things we'd like to get away from at the moment (including #COVID19 and #lockdown2uk). Peter Rabbit thinks the watering-can is a good place to hide -- except that it has water in it! https://t.co/AwFeWRYCQ9
#goodmorning For #OTD: "The Charge of Scarlett's 300 or Heavy Brigade at Balaclava 25th October 1854," reproduced from a watercolour after Stanley Berkeley, c.1890. Note the riderless horse veering off... Thanks @NAM_London https://t.co/XnSooWwiGW
#goodmorning! #OTD 1875, the Prince of Wales (Bertie) set sail for India on HMS Serapis. He would kill lots of big game, acting the royal part so well that the visit would prompt his mother to set herself up as Empress... https://t.co/ijRdXGcL86
A Victorian painting with a surprising history: tho' indeed inspired by his travels, Edward Lear's "Cedars of Lebanon" (1861) was sketched in the grounds of Oatlands Park Hotel, Surrey—they've a print of the sketch to prove it, plus, the trees themselves! https://t.co/wkJEI5xYL6
#goodnight and #sweetdreams! "The Dream Vendor" by Edmund Dulac, c.1908... hoping you enjoy yours! https://t.co/Tu6PanBDhb
#goodmorning! Born #OTD 1804, the ornithologist John Gould, who inspired Millais's painting "The Ruling Passion": having a "ruling passion" is a great help in life! https://t.co/QduyrowfZG
#goodnight! Hope nothing disturbs your slumber tonight (no #heat, #earthquake or #storm. This lovely plaster panel of angels watching over a sleeping child has been attributed to Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933) https://t.co/9CIiv0k4Sk