John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

Trade card of John Saywell, bookseller at the sign of the Greyhound in Little Britain, London, 1650s

15 Feb 1628: After a clash with #Spanish vessels Kenelm Digby lands at #Algiers #otd There he buys the freedom of 40-50 #English men in order to recrew his ships (NPG/British Museum)

Virgin and Child
1670s
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

(Met Museum)

Looking back just over a century later on Jane Grey's execution #otd 12 Feb 1554, here's Jan Lukyn c. 1664-1714 as part of a series on the executions of noble historical figures.

(British Museum)

Iris, c. 1575
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1538-1588

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Jane Grey was given a three day reprieve #otd 9 Feb 1554.

Here’s an image from c. 1640-1680 titled with her eventual fate:

Jana Graya Decollata

(Royal Collection Trust, HM EII)

8 Feb 1555: Laurence Sanders #Protestant having been arraigned by Bishop Stephen Gardiner at Southwark cathedral a week earlier, and convicted of heresy is burnt at #Coventry #otd (BM) @DrStevenMFoster

This title just cried out to be tweeted:

‘Hurdy-gurdy player attacking a pilgrim’
Jacques Bellange, c. 1614

(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

A very austere depiction of St. Jerome, late 17thC
By Arnold Houbrake, 1660 - 1719.

(Dallas Museum of Art)

7 Feb 1550: The conclave of Cardinals elect Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte as Pope #otd He takes the name Julius - Julius III. Under Mary I, he receives her realms back into the Roman obedience. He d. 1555.