Sir William and Lady Dorothy Temple sheltered fourteen-year-old Lady Elizabeth Percy at their home in the Hague, after she fled from a forced marriage to a man she loathed. They remained close friends for decades.

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This weekend I'll be attending the LAST EVER Wizard World Chicago! (come see me in person!) I'll be LIVE on Facebook Thurs at 8pm est to look back at Wizard through the years! PLUS live drawing. Here's the Spider-man I drew from last week's show!

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I'll be interviewed LIVE tonight at 8pm eastern by comic book guru Brian K. Morris on Youtube via his own youtube channel... I'll even show some art you've not seen! Get your questions ready!
https://t.co/IG8BUHWvG3

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Related to the drawing of the four musicians, is this drawing of two drummers by Rembrandt, circa 1638.

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These magnificent beasts are sackbuts (not unlike modern trombones).
And here's Matthew Locke's Music For His Majesty's Sackbutts and Cornets, which I first heard with my mum in the crypt of St John's, Smith Sq, as a teenager. Enjoy it! https://t.co/EYCWZ2LdLV

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Lady Johanna St.John's recipe book, 1680. Her writing. Her words and advice. Her apothecary measurements handy guide. Thinking how many times she referred to this, creating her curatives at Lydiard.

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New York, New York, so good they named it... four times. New Amsterdam was taken by England in 1664 and renamed New York City after James, Duke of York.
The Dutch retook it in 1673 (3rd ADW) as New Orange. In the 1674 treaty NYC was returned to the English

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A view from the south showing the Chatham dockyard burning, and (2) the flagship the Royal Charles, captured during the raid and displayed at Hellevoetsluis

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28 July 1683 - Anne Stuart, daughter of King James VII & II and future Queen of Great Britain, marries Prince George of Denmark at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. Their marriage would last 25 years until Prince George's death in 1708.

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I'll be signing at Circle City Comics in Indianapolis on Wednesday July 28th from 11-7 for the debut of my exclusive cover to SHADOWMAN ! (introducing a new villain!) I'll have LOTS of other comics, art, and prints on hand!

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TONIGHT AT 8PM EST I'll be live on facebook! Tune in LIVE at 8pm to claim a spot on my commission list for comic sized/ sketch covers! B/W and Color available! PLUS I'LL REVEAL A BIG NEW PROJECT! Here's Batman to wet your whistle!

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ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS! THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8PM EST. I'll be live on facebook! Tune in LIVE during my 8PM feed to claim a spot! Comic sized/ sketch cover commissions! B/W and Color available! PLUS I'LL BE REVEALING A BIG NEW PROJECT!

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"James II: King in Exile" by John Callow

"The English Court in exile: James II. at Saint-Germain" by Edwin Sharpe Grew

"A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718" by Edward T. Corp

"James II: Soldier and Sailor" by Jock Haswell

and many more I recently read.

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Late as I've been pottering in the garden b/c it's such a gloriously sunny day here in Derbyshire...
HEAR YE! 'Tis time for This week's topic is:
❄️⛈️☀️*Weather events in the Stuart-era*☀️⛈️❄️
Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois, (1621 – 1676), 'Ships on a Stormy Sea'.

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Hear ye! 'Tis time for
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, son of James II (VII) & Arabella Churchill, was decapitated by a cannonball 12 June 1734.
This week's theme:
💀😱😖Grisly Stuart Ends😖😱💀

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I need a box of Stuarts’ stat ( my cat is looking at me weird now) 😂

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