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You can really feel the storm form this painting. 'The Fishery' by Richard Wright (c.1723–c.1775)
https://t.co/8P3xmZLlM0

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2020-11-27

'St Nicholas of Bari Rebuking the Storm' by Bicci di Lorenzo (1380s-1452). The saint comes to the rescue of sailors caught in a storm - note the fleeing in the bottom left corner. This gem is in the Oxford.

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Dancing Peucetian women. Tomb of the dancers, Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. C5th/C4th BCE. Now

Peucetians - people in ancient Apulia (between Bari & Tarentum).


The colours & movement of this painting are so spectacular!

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2020-11-27

"To caper nimbly in a Lady's Chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a Lute." Put some music on and have a for today!

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850.

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2020-11-26

One type of "offerings" found in Bornholm "woodhenges" were burned flint axes...When flint is heated it explodes with loud bangs. These were basically firecrackers 🙂 spirting razor sharp flakes everywhere as they exploded. Cool https://t.co/Y4K51uWnjw

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2020-11-25

For Stonehenge, a woodcut by Tokyo-born Yoshijiro Urushibara, aka 'Mokuchū' (1888-1953). He worked in the UK, France, USA and was an important influence on the development of the colour woodcut in UK art schools in the 1920s. colls.

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2020-11-25

We draw today's thread to a close with a light-hearted drawing from Jack B. Yeats...

Found on the verso of another drawing, this image depicts a boy in roller skates coming to the aid of another whose foot has become stuck in a hole in a sidewalk. Growing pains!

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2020-11-23

- Megalithic Architecture
Rev James Bulwer painted these atmospheric watercolour views of Stanton Drew, Somerset, in the 1820/30s. The structure had long been noted by antiquarians - the first detailed map and drawings had been made by William Stukeley in 1723.

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This pen and ink drawing is titled ‘West View of Nine Ladies stone circle’ by British soldier and antiquarian Major Hayman Rooke (1723-1806).

Nine Ladies Stone Circle is located on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire.

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2020-11-22

Day 116 you say? Rich Regency pickings: Hats & bonnets were all the rage. We included several in our 2017 exhibition Royal Pavilion. Also had repros for trying on.
Model: Curator's own.
Cartoon: Les Invisibles by Gillray,1810

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2020-11-21

By contrast, female Met officers have had six in about half the time as perceptions of their image and role evolved. They switched in 1946 (1), 1967 (2), 1978 and 1979 (3) and finally gained protective headgear in the form of the 'bowler' in 1985 (4).

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2020-11-21

Today's theme is prisons &
incarceration.

This is 'Roman Charity: Cimon and Pero' by Dirck van Baburen,1623. The subject of Cimon, condemned to starve in prison, being breast-fed by his daughter Pero was a favourite with artist and patrons in the 17th century.

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The Prison Corner of Peck Lane, Birmingham by Samuel Lines Snr, 1820-1830. Both the prison and Peck Lane have disappeared from Birmingham.

theme today is Prisons & Incarceration. This one is perfect for you !

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2020-11-17


Here are a couple of cartoon from our collection:
a cartoon of Richard Forster from 1949
a postcard depicting cartoon drawing of two fishermen, with humorous caption from 1910.

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2020-11-15

Prehistoric Peeps by cartoonist and caricaturist, Edward Tennyson Reed, first appeared in Punch magazine in 1893. A book collection was published in 1894 and a live-action silent film was released in 1905 (the billiards picture is in my local pub)

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While we see slaves depicted in Roman frescoes & mosaics—often skulking in the margins & shown as diminutive in size—there’s no image more powerful of their cruel treatment than the shackles around the ankles of a slave who failed to escape

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Day 109 Slavery the Antiguan artist Frank Walter, a descendant of a white slave owner and a black slave, left after he died thousands of art works and writings. The first ever exhibition of his work was in 2013 at

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2020-11-14

Our museums have been the location for many spooky encounters over the years, from mysterious noises to apparitions. Visit our website to read some genuine accounts from former staff and visitors: https://t.co/3s0Id6MOgI

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2020-11-13

- Rome

Two views of the Arch of Constantine - the first an early 20th Century Postcard; the second Canalettos' 'View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum', ca. 1742–1745.

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Images: George Watson Cole Collection; J. Paul Getty Museum (70. PA.52)

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