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#Otd 1908: Birth in #Dublin of Mervyn Wall (d 1997). Novelist, playwright, short stories & Ireland Today. @BelvedereSJ, Civil servant @rte & Secretary @artscouncil_ie. 2 of novels are humorous fantasy about the misadventures of a monk in Dark Ages Ireland! https://t.co/SNuvucqSlm
#MuseumsUnlocked Wash drawing of St Asaph Cathedral from the @RCAHMWales Flintshire Inventory of 1912. An evocative rendering by architect Mervyn Pritchard, one of the first surveyors at the Royal Commission.
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#DatgloiAmgueddfeydd Llun dyfrlliw o Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy o Restr Sir y Fflint gan @RCAHMWales ym 1912. Rendro atgofus gan y pensaer Mervyn Pritchard, un o'r arolgwr cyntaf yn y Comisiwn Brenhinol
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As well as writing the Gormenghast novels, Mervyn Peake was a very talented book illustrator. The following are from: Bleak House, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Treasure Island! The Gothic styling really sticks in your mind, Haunting.
Characters from Gormenghast, as drawn by the author Mervyn Peake:
Swelter
Steerpike
Fuschia
#Gormenghast #MervynPeake #art #artist #fantasy #books #fantasyart
Charles Stewart (1915 - 2001) created this unpublished series of gothic illustrations for the novel Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake #illustration #art
The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, and Eileen Heckart. A mother discovers that within her seemingly angelic daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded serial killer.
27 Feb 1641: Audley Mervyn presents articles of impeachment against Bishop John Bramhall, Richard Bolton & George Radcliffe in the #Irish parliament #otd - aimed, in part, to keep the trio from testifying in favour of the Earl of Strafford at #Westminster (Sidney Sussex/eebo)
Mahuika is a fire goddess in Māori mythology. Māui tricked her into giving him her flaming fingernails one by one, stealing the secret of fire for humanity. #FolkloreThursday
Read the whole story: https://t.co/r1VkQkiNtj
🖼️E. Mervyn Taylor
Characters of Gormenghast, as drawn by the author Mervyn Peake:
Fuschia
Steerpike
Swelter
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#AliceInWonderland climbing through the looking glass, by Mervyn Peake for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” 1946.
Avant la sortie de l’adaptation des #QuatreFillesDuDocteurMarch par Greta Gerwig, #VendrediLecture avec l’essai de Pascale Voilley consacré à Louisa May Alcott, dans lequel sont analysées les adaptations de George Cukor en 1933, Mervyn LeRoy en 1949 et Gillian Armstrong en 1994
We're celebrating Port Vale FC at Theartbay with only the best @ArtKirkham and Mervyn Edwards artwork. Originals and hand signed limited editions available. @portvale @OfficialPVFC @ValeSupporters @PVFCFoundation @marksporter @PortValeBrasil @pvfc_carol @pvfcprogs @PVFCeSports
Some of the characters from Mervyn Peake's world of Gormenghast, as illustrated by the author
Steerpike
Swelter
Fuchsia Groan
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