Ricky Craig Poundさんのイラストまとめ

My theory- you can see here that at different times statues of Mercury & Venus occupied the same plinth south of Chiswick House. I believe the space was occupied first by Venus until she was relocated to the Doric column.Then Mercury took her place. @KingBaggyking @Chiswick_House

I am constantly surprised and annoyed by mainstream historian’s reluctance to write about Freemasonry if and when it appears in their research. It is as if it is unimportant or unworthy of investigation- something that can just be ‘passed off’ as an oddity or worse- something

purple bat wing is just one identifying feature. From the V&A.

And the final three photographs are taken from my saucer, painted by Johann Friedrich Metzsch.

What a great movie ‘Wolfwalkers’ is. I particularly relish the way that #OliverCromwell meets his end! The wolves, of course, represent the Catholic population in Ireland, enduring the tyranny of the Lord Protector. A beautiful movie and I love the Romany/ mythological aspects.

One of my favourite subjects on Meissen porcelain- Miners looking for gold. One miner has the monogram AR on his hat, a reference to his master Augustus ‘the Strong’- Augustus Rex. Tea canister, c. 1750.

A VERY RARE MEISSEN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-GROUND BEAKER AND SAUCER, CIRCA 1722-23.
£ 30,000 - 50,000 estimate
Fine European Ceramics Including the Heinrich Rothberger Collection
3 Dec 2020
The blue ground background is hardly ever seen in #Meissen porcelain.

It is thought that #DavidRoberts may have been the last Academician of the #RoyalSociety to see J.M.W. Turner alive before his death in 1851. Roberts is best known for his paintings of the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia which would have interested #Turner.

One of the most spectacular #Meissen snuff boxes you will ever see- Tabatiere Meissen 1730, green powdered background, polychrome painting," Kauffahrtei" (harbour scenes),scenes on the lid, base and sides, Venus model inside, designed by Joachim Kändler

A very pretty Worcester hexagonal teapot stand c.1760-65, painted with the Chinese Musicians pattern, a lady seated and playing a pipe, flanked by other figures with a fan and a flywhisk, the rim with a green hatched border, 14.4cm.