John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

A priest at the altar by Gesina Ter Borch, 1657 (Rijksmuseum)

9 Mar 1616: Francis Beaumont, playwright, interred in #Westminster Abbey near #Chaucer & #Spenser #otd
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8 Mar 1538: Reginald Pole confirmed as head of the #English hospice #Rome #otd (NT) In 1579 it became the #English College & is still in existence today. Well worth a visit if in #Rome.

Watch in the shape of a cross, late 17th century (Rijksmuseum) For the devout wearer perhaps.

6 Mar 1616: d. Francis Beaumont #otd, playwright, #poet, student of Ben Jonson, close collaborator with John Fletcher. Buried in #Westminster Abbey in May 1616. (NPG)

6 Mar 1660: Edward Montagu, who would become Earl of #Sandwich in July 1660, asks Samuel Pepys #otd to go to sea with him as his secretary

Platter from #Paris, 17thC, in the style of Bernard Palissy (Art Institute Chicago) - for all those seafood occasions at parties.

The finding of Moses floating on the Nile by Pharoah's daughter by the brilliant Gesina ter Borch, 1655 (Rijksmuseum)

Ss Jerome & Ambrose by Juan de Borgona c. 1510 (Bowes Museum) Note Jerome has his inkwell tied to his wrist - a true scholar

3 Mar 1540: d, Henry Bourchier Earl of #Essex #otd Thomas Cromwell then appropriated the title for himself (Royal Collection - Bourchier’s garter stall/NPG) Be careful what you wish for - a decidedly unlucky title, that.