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Painting of the Day, #PaintBritain, The Dark Horse, Sian Jordan, #SianJordan
Died #OnThisDay 29 January 1820 George III, King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as well as King of Hanover.
Unlike his 2 predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language & never visited Hanover, since 1811 his son ruled as Regent.
In Britain, since at least late 19thC, it was thought to be bad luck to mend clothes whilst they were still being worn. What form the ill fortune would take varied from being cursed never to be rich to having evil thought/spoken of the unlucky one #FolkloreThursday
🎨 AJ Murray
Painting of the Day, #PaintBritain, Family Home, Annie Greenwood, #AnnieGreenwood
Our #commemorative #stamps to mark the #centenary of the Royal British Legion depict iconic aircraft that played a key role in the #BattleofBritain, including the Supermarine Spitfire. Available to pre-order from 3 February @PoppyLegion
In this supernatural manga set in late nineteenth-century Britain, an orphan girl and her furry immortal companion set off on a quest together to find their place in the world.
Pre-order THE TALE OF THE OUTCASTS Vol. 1! #MangaPreorders #7SeasBooks
https://t.co/IhUpGbaEFR
In one of the sheds out behind the Rhinebeck Aerodrome, they’ve got a 1931 Morgan barrelback three-wheeler. Three-wheeled vehicles were classified as motorcycles in Britain, so owners could avoid road taxes. #watercolor #morgan https://t.co/ldB3mrOIDz
Painting of the Day, #PaintBritain, Eden Bridge 10pm, Martin Evans, @mevans1980art
Painting of the Day, #PaintBritain, ‘the glimmer in your eyes’, Jonjo Elliott, @jonjoelliott
Trees in the park: Hortus Europae americanus, or, A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs : the produce of North America, adapted to the climates and soils of Great-Britain, Ireland...by M Catesby and J Millan, 1767, BHL/MBG....https://t.co/lgdugK4tZH #botanicalillustration
Here in Britain, it is now Dec 1st, guess that means I can post this to tease everyone
Bonjour avec Bettsy la nouvelle #CaptainBritain, l'ancienne #Psylocke. De #TyRomsa
#bd #comics #xmen #art
If you're really interested in knowing how Artoria ruled and the real reasons that led to the fall of Britain, Garden of Avalon is right there.
#asianartistshare hiya! im a kazakh illustrator living in britain, here to rep for the central asians >:)
Painting of the Day, #PaintBritain, Portrait in Blue, David Hochhauser, #DavidHochhauser
Check out Prospects of Empire: Slavery and Ecology in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain, an online exhibit from Yale University Library, curated by Hazel V. Carby and Heather Vermeulen!
#HECAA #ArtHistory #18thCentury #MuseumsUnlocked
Check it out here: https://t.co/8HT0ah9JwF
Attention all citizens!
No matter if you're a citizen of the Union of Britain,
of if you belong in the Kaiserreich. Doesn't matter if you reside in the Empire of Japan or the Republic of Peru.
Keep a safe distance to your fellow human.
Take care of eachother!
Painting of the Day #PaintBritain, Morning De Quincey Park, Richard Corbally, #RichardCorbally
Born #OTD 1774 in #Edinburgh, Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6