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We're privileged to have the best extant collection of portraits of the women in Oliver Cromwell's life. He and his wife Elizabeth (1598-1655) were married in 1620 and had a devoted relationship judging by their surviving letters. Thread 1/6

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2022-03-08

7 March 1657 At a meeting with senior army officers, Oliver Cromwell made it clear that he was going to abandon the system of the Major-Generals, an experiment in regional government that was deeply unpopular and unsuccessful.

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2022-03-07

St Jerome, patron saint of archaeologists.

Here I’ve drawn him with a globe, compared with the original memento mori. 📍similar to work by Guido Reni

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2022-03-03

Recently learnt that pestle and mortar was slang for pen!s and v, and I don't know why I didn't already know that! 🍌

Image: Young girl with a pestle and mortar by Gabriel Metsu,

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2022-02-25

For the 25th of February, our is 'The Consequences of War', 1637-38, by Peter Paul Rubens.
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence.

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2022-02-25

24 February 1655 a proclamation was issued banning horse racing for 6 months. The ban was introduced as it was feared Royalist agents were using races as a cover to meet, but was only temporary as Oliver Cromwell was rather fond of horse racing!

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2022-02-24

19 February 1643 Parliamentarian forces took control of the county town of

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2022-02-19

For the 15th of February, our is 'The Judgment of Paris', c. 1690, by Ludovico Antonio David.
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.

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2022-02-15

A devoted and loving relationship was that of Oliver and Elizabeth Cromwell, married in 1620 and resulting in 9 children. The couple's few surviving letters are very tender, part of a close-knit family... Portaits in our collection 1/2

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2022-02-12

For the 5th of February, our is 'Gerbil', c. 1600, by Jacopo Ligozzi. (Rather fitting as we adopted two of these cuties last night).

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2022-02-05

For the 4th of February, our is 'Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, Cupid and Apollo', 1600, by Hendrik de Clerck.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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2022-02-04

20 January 1649 the trial of Charles I began in Westminster Hall. The session was suspended after Charles refused to accept the authority of the court.

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2022-01-20

'La Fl. Would you prevent me from cursing misers?
Har. No; but I will prevent you from prating and from being insolent. Hold your tongue, will you?
La Fl. I name nobody.
Har. Another word, and I'll thrash you.'
Moliere, The Miser.

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2022-01-15

For the 14th of January, our is 'Two Ladies of the Lake Family', c.1660, by Sir Peter Lely. Tate.

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2022-01-14

7 January 1645 the House of Lords raised objections to the disqualification of peers for military command under the Self-Denying Ordinance. Given it was designed to remove those of them who had not been 100% competent, that was not coincidental...😉

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2022-01-07

For the 7th of January, our is Laocoön, made 1610-1614, by El Greco. National Gallery of Art.

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2022-01-07

Want to read a book with plenty of snow?
Go to the Frost Fair on the Frozen Thames?
Now is the time! Join sisters Ella and Sadie on their great adventure in London.

https://t.co/w7B2iF03jR

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2021-12-22

🎄❄️Hear ye! 'Tis time for Day 17 of The Seventeenth Century Lady's Today, we have this beloved work by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals: 'The Laughing Cavalier', 1624.
The Wallace Collection, London. 🎄❄️

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2021-12-17

3 December 1642 The Earl of Newcastle entered securing it for King Charles I. It would remain a Royalist stronghold for the next two years.

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2021-12-03

25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounced the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and increased professionalisation of its officers.

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2021-11-25