John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

23 Dec 1691: d. Lady Katherine Jones (Boyle), patron & intellectual, #scientist, supporter of #Gaelic #bible #otd (Her daughters, Frances & Catherine, with a servant BM, I couldn't track down an image of her)

23 Dec 1600: The baptism of Charles I future king of #England, #Scotland, & #Ireland #otd. Executed 1649

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 1653: John Lambert, parliamentarian general's 'Instrument of Government' is introduced #otd It was the written constitution of the Protectorate (NPG) #WrittenConstitution

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.

30 Nov 1647: At a papal audience Sir Kenelm Digby, envoy of Henrietta Maria, hectors Pope Innocent X #otd