John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

4 May 1472: John Walton, former Abbot of Osney, is papally provided to the Archbishopric of #Dublin #otd where he was active until his resignation in 1484, due to ill-health.

(British Museum)

Avarice, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), after Abraham Bloemaert, 1626

3 May 1641: Protesting outside #Westminster Hall, John Lilburne, future Leveller tells an acquaintance that if justice is not done to the Earl of #Strafford 'they would pull the King out of Whitehall' #otd (BM) And they did, in the end... #overheardinLondon

3 May 1493: John Colet, future dean of @StPaulsLondon & humanist scholar enrolls #otd as a 'confrater' of the #English hospice #Rome (Royal Collection)

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) c. 1600
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, Met Museum)

2 May 1586: #Jesuit General Claudio Acquaviva gives Robert Southwell (executed 1595) & Henry Garnett (executed 1606) licence to go to #England #otd #highattritionrate

2 May 1527: Princess Katharine, Countess of #Devon, daughter of Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville, godmother of Princess Mary makes her will #otd (BL)

2 May 1636: Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Arundel arrives at #Cologne #Koln #otd There he recruits Wenceslaus Hollar (BM) They arrive in #London in December. Hollar’s many images make up a large part of our visual vocabulary of early modern Britain & Ireland

1530s England imagined from 1620s/30s Spain
Vicente Carducho (Museo Nacional del Prado)

Martyrdom of 3 Carthusians at London
Martyrdoms of Frs John Rochester & James Walworth
Martyrdom of Priors of London, Nottingham & Axholme
Imprisonment of 10 members of London Charterhouse

Perhaps it’s the sunlight or the olives stuffed with jalapeño I had last night, but I’ve been thinking about this wonder.

View of Toledo
c. 1599–1600
El Greco or Domenikos Theotokopoulos

(Met Museum)