John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

5 Jan 1606: Wedding of Robert Devereux (aged 13) 3rd Earl #Essex to Frances Howard (aged 14) #otd Doesn't work out... (NPG/BM)

2 Jan 1614: Inigo Jones #architect was visiting #Rome #otd (BM), he would return in Aug 1617 to examine the #Pantheon in detail

Four more scenes from the lives of 17th century women (Rijksmuseum) Smoking, riding a donkey, drawing, carrying domestic equipment.

28 Dec 1636: Wenceslaus Hollar arrives in #London #otd beginning a flourishing career, determining quite a bit of our visual vocabulary of 17thC #Britain and #Ireland (BM/Folger) Some of his female figures here, along with him

21 Dec 1636: Hugh Peter becomes minister at #Salem Massachusetts #otd (BM) Later supported execution of Charles I, executed Oct 1660, head placed on #London Bridge. Perhaps he should have stayed in Salem.

16 Dec 1656: The Protectorate Parliament condemns James Nayler prophet to whipping through the streets, the pillory, tongue bored with red-hot iron & branded 'B' for blasphemy on his forehead (BM/NPG)

Memorial portrait for Moses ter Borch d. 1667 by his brother Gerard ter Borch (II) & sister Gesina ter Borch. Around him are various animals and objects referring to his military career or symbolize loyalty and transience (Rijksmuseum)

Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654, observed in different ways. On the left a man points to a basin with water. Two men view the eclipse with a mirror. Others look at the sun through a piece of glass. The darkened sun has a human face (Rijksmuseum)

8 Dec 1626: b. Queen Christina of #Sweden brilliant polymath, later convert to #Rome, her own woman, 'the Minerva of the North' #otd

Woman with two children in a carrying basket, Gesina ter Borch, 1651- a little slice of 17th century life from the Rijksmuseum. I love the way the little girl holds on to her apron. Gesina was herself only 18 years old when she made this image.