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4 Aug 1688: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond buried at #Westminster Abbey #otd Politician, survivor, royalist
David Teniers the Younger, Kitchen Interior, 1644
(Mauritshuis, The Hague)
Painted on copper.
The woman peeling apples is Teniers’ wife Anna Brueghel with their son David.
The swan pie has symbols of love so the painting may be a tribute to Anna.
Smoker in bed, with companions, Gesina ter Borch, 1653
(Rijksmuseum)
Definitely a house party going on there. The one on the right spilling the wine from the jug is upsetting me though. #waste
27 July 1625: b. Edward Montagu, ambassador, admiral & cousin of Samuel Pepys #diarist. Died at the Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672
26 July 1588: Martin Frobisher commander of the 'Triumph' one of the four 'great ships’ is knighted at sea #otd for his action against the Armada flagship, the 'San Martin' (BM/Bodleian)
23 July 1373: S. Bridget of #Sweden at #Rome #otd #nuntastic founder & spiritual writer (BM/Fassah)