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The Sense of Smell from a set of paintings on the five senses which was one of the most successful collaborations of Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel “the Elder”, 1617-18 (Museo Nacional del Prado)
11 Apr 1689: Archbishop Sancroft of #Canterbury refuses to crown William & Mary #otd (NPG/BM) So Bishop Compton of #London does it instead
11 Apr 1689: The Coronation Oath of William & Mary binds them to 'statutes in #Parliament agreed on' #otd (BM)
10 Apr 1624: Robert Davenport's 'The history of Henry the First' is licensed for the King's Men by the Master of the Revels #otd
Rosary maker, 15thC (Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg | Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
8 Apr 1551: Gyles Godet, #Paris-trained printmaker is granted letters of denization #otd He'd come to #London in 1547 - and here is some of his output, including his illustration of April and a picture of one pretty famous person who died the year he arrived in #England (BM)
St Carlo Borromeo ministering to the plague victims, by Pierre Mignard, 1612-1695
(Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
Owl dressed as a pilgrim with hat and drinking bottle c. 1500-49 (Rijksmuseum)
7 Apr 1515: William Tyndale, #Bible translator & Protestant reformer ordained priest in #London #otd Burnt at the stake in Vilvoorde in 1536 @DrStevenMFoster