John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

7 Aug 1642: Sir Kenelm Digby arrested by parliament #otd released a week later on request of House of Lords (NPG) He was re-arrested when the Civil war broke out #HistParl

3 Aug 1553: Mary I makes a triumphant entry into #London #otd (BM)

13 July 1683: Arthur Capel fomer Lord Lieutenant of #Ireland found d. in the Tower of #London with his throat cut: suicide or murder? #otd (NPG)

8 June 1042: Harthacnut last #Danish King of #England dies while drinking at #Lambeth #otd

23 May 1667: Margaret Cavendish Duchess of #Newcastle #writer, #philosopher & #scientist invited to attend the Royal Society #otd She went on the 30th.

There's something quite lovely about the #nuntastic nun painted here by Gesina Ter Borch in 1657 (Rijksmuseum)

25 Mar 1516: A vision of the Blessed Virgin #otd ends 4 months of fits, obscenities & blasphemies on the part of Jane [aka Anne] Wentworth Maid of #Ipswich #otd Subsequently she held healing sessions at the popular shrine of Our Lady Of Grace #Ipswich (BM)

Four Continents, Philips Galle, c1585-1590 (Rijksmuseum) #Europe holds a sceptre, #Asia a thurible, #Africa balm/balsam and #America - well, a severed head. 2 fully dressed, 1 suitably draped & 1 buck naked. Here's slides for a whole lecture on 16thC European worldviews!

Some 17th century depictions of the month of #January (Rijksmuseum)

Dances of the dead, after Holbein, from the wonderful Gesina Ter Borch c. 1687 (Rijksmuseum)