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Horse-drawn “omnibuses” (from Latin “for everybody”) originated in France & proliferated in the 1850s, providing a new mode of cheap transport for all classes, sexes & ages ~ & an early opportunity for manspreading. Depicted here by Daumier, GW Joy and Delondre

Take a moment to immerse yourself in these atmospheric sketches by the 18/19th century master JMW Turner, just as Turner himself did

18/19C British satirist James Gillray's sadly jaundiced view of marriage ~ at L, the mutually-enjoyed bliss of courtship with a gentle harp playing love music. which degenerates into (at R) a raddled, raucous discordance of domesticity (1805)

When the British Museum’s Reading Room was opened in 1857 it was hailed as one of the great sights of London. Here it is under construction in 1855 (Wellcome Collection), during renovation in 1907 (Muirhead Bone) & photographed in 1924. More recently, it’s been, er, closed

Here’s clear proof that Wilhelm Kettler, 17th century Duke of Courland in Latvia (at L) was descended from Obelix (at R). Equally clearly, Wilhelm’s successor will have very big pants to fill (Joachim Zivert, 1615)

19C/20C Japanese-influenced Henri Rivière was a champion of colour printmaking in Europe, with his tranquil observations of French life ~ Sunset ■ Low Tide ■ Haystacks at Twilight

NEW ARTICLE: Our latest Journal article, just published today, examines how Vermeer’s ‘The Concert’ became part of the greatest art heist of the century https://t.co/KMExoyxpz4

Ukrainian photographer Alexander Kromeev captures welcome moments of quiet, everyday stillness in these atmospheric still lifes https://t.co/6LlploifDO

Hypnotise yourself just watching the monkeys swing, leaves wave in the breeze, zebras leap and balls pass through hoops. More on this 19th century “phenakistiscope” animation toy at https://t.co/kc5RqrbOkw

In the month he turned 15, JMW Turner had this watercolour accepted for the Royal Academy’s summer exhibition of 1790 (A View of the Archbishop’s Palace, Lambeth). At R, just one year later, on a trip to Bristol, he painted this View in the Avon Gorge