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#Venus, by Edward Burne-Jones, c.1879. #stainedglass #Victorian #art #PreRaphaelite #birthday #ArtLovers
The Wild Huntsman, Wild Ride, Raging Host & Odin’s Hunt - some of the names given to Norse storm god Odin in his role as gatherer of the souls of the dead. This ghostly entourage rages across the sky in storms & if seen presages misfortune & death. #FolkloreThursday Img: Rackham
Windflowers, by John William Waterhouse, 1902. #romantic #art #ArtLovers #StormFrancis #StormUK #storm #wind #windy
It’s a rather blustery day - & also #ChristopherRobin’s birthday! He was born on 21st August 1920. #winniethepooh #Illustration by E.H. Shepard #windy #windyweather
“On the bat’s back do I fly
After summer, merrily.” Ariel in The Tempest, Act 5, Sc 1
#ShakespeareSunday
Image from The Forrest Collection of scrapbooks held by @BhamCityCouncil. Hand-coloured
by the Forrest children in 1868.
“To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores...”
The Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Sc 4
#ShakespeareSunday
The Traveller’s Joy Flower Fairy by Cicely Barker, 1920s.
This English flower, of the Clematis family, is so named as it was a welcome sight to travellers both setting out & returning.
Bathing Machines, Eric Ravilious, 1938. Aldeburgh beach in #Suffolk. The first painting is @TownerGallery,
the others are in private collections. #heatwave #beach #art
#HappyBirthday #BeatrixPotter, #English #writer, #illustrator & #wildlife lover. Born on 28th July 1866, in #Kensington #London. #ChildrensBooks #childrensauthor #illustration #arte #art
Rainbow Goddess Iris, by Arthur Rackham, 1921. #Illustration #myth #art #rain #classical #literature