John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

Flowering Prickly Pear Cactus, Herman Saftleven, 1683

(Rijksmuseum)

This monk is being seized by death so it's good to see that he's got his reading material with him, safely ensconced in his book bag (Rijksmuseum, 16thC )

1 Nov 1530: William Walsh, gent of Henry VIII's privy chamber sent to arrest Thomas Cardinal Wolsey #otd (BM)

Arrested on All Saints? Hardly seems fair.

1 Nov 1456: Edmund Tudor d. of plague #Carmarthen #otd his son Henry (VII) b. 28 Jan 1457 at #Pembroke Castle (NLW)

For the Feast of All Saints #otd 1 Nov here's:
The Trinity Adored by All Saints, Spanish, c. 1400.

(Met Museum)

31 Oct 1666: Wenceslaus Hollar petitions Charles II - successfully - #otd for 'the Honor & Tittle of your Majestie's Scenographer or Designer of Prospects' (BM)

What growing child doesn't want to be a scenographer?

Horse Standing on a Mound, 1655.
By Cornelis Saftleven

(The Cleveland Museum of Art)

29 Oct 1591: Pro-#Spanish Cardinal Facchinetti elected Innocent IX #otd His papacy is among the shortest - as he died on 30 Dec (Bede753c/Utente)

28 Oct 1623: Kenelm Digby is knighted #otd and becomes a gentleman of the privy chamber to Prince Charles (NPG)

Johannes Vermeer,
Woman writing a letter with her maid, 1670.

(National Gallery of Ireland)