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Executed #OnThisDay in 1535 by order of #HenryVIII : #ThomasMore (1478-1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, Lord High Chancellor of England
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543), ca. 1526-7
#More #Humanism #Utopia
Executed #OnThisDay in 1535 by order of #HenryVIII : #ThomasMore (1478-1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, Lord High Chancellor of England
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543), ca. 1526-7
#More #Humanism #Utopia
Want to know what people did before texting? This is “Beauty Revealed”
(1828). It is a self-portrait by the American artist Sarah Goodridge. She sent it to statesman Daniel Webster, following the death of his wife - but he decided to marry someone else.
Born #OnThisDay in 1650: English soldier and statesman #JohnChurchill, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Portrait after #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), ca 1690
#Marlborough #Churchill
Loden Greatstorm redesign. He's said to be a strong and wise Jedi Master, and since #StarWars #TheHighRepublic takes place during a "frontier age” of the galaxy, I thought he should look more like a seasoned and battle-scarred frontier warrior and less like an elder statesman.
This my villain Charles Macmillan aka “White Vulture”, a British General of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 turned ICS statesman. #seppukucomics #seppukucomic #comics #comicart #comicartist #characterdesign #britishindia #indianrebellion #indiancivilservices
Waterford's Centenary Programme for 2020 begins with a conference on General Richard Mulcahy, 'Soldier to Statesman', 22 Feb, The Large Room, City Hall, The Mall, Waterford. More details and registration:
https://t.co/jgPNrxZK0X
Born #OnThisDay in 1711: Wenzel Anton, Prince of #Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711-94), Austrian statesman under #Habsburg Emperors #MariaTheresa, #JosephII & #LeopoldII
Portrait by Jean-Étienne #Liotard (1702-89), 1762
#GenevanArt
Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 126 "An Arbitrator", 1872 https://t.co/PGC60burez #cmaopenaccess #clevelandart
“Are we all doomed?”, New Statesman asked Clive James in late weeks issue...“We are all going to die but I doubt that we’ll all go at the same time just because we’re managing the weather badly”... He made me laugh and he made me think. RIP Clive James.
*disclaimer: I’m not sure if this is true*
the unused concept art for Avengers: Infinity War shows Loki successfully escaped the Statesman with the Tesseract to Jotunheim in hope to save Thor and his people. But Thanos found him later
During his Roman sojourn (1600-1608), #PeterPaulRubens emulated Italian art; he also bought Italian drawings that he retouched. Do you think this is a retouch? In his inscription Rubens identified the subject as the 15th century Florentine statesman and patron Niccolò da Uzzano.
The Princess is an expert of diplomacy, statesmanship, and swordfighting - skills she finds useful both when running a country and when dating. Play as her in Hey Cutie, the tabletop dating sim up on Kickstarter *right now* https://t.co/27IkIQ8GEC.
Poetic lament (marthiyya) commemorating the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī (d. 680) composed by the Andalusi litterateur Ṣafwān ibn Idrīs of Murcia (d. 1202) & preserved in the works of the Granadan scholar-statesman Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb (d. 1374).
@Kina_Maria How could I not love my #OC Uriel Ultanos?
He's my muse because he's. A statesman, a philosopher, a determined fighter and a man of trust. He inspires me by his smarts, his will to lead and a determination to never leave anyone behind.
This week's New Statesman cover: Shame of the nation. A special issue on Boris Johnson, featuring pieces by
@mfletchertimes, @stephenkb, @HelenHet20 and Simon Heffer. Animation by @andre_carrilho.
Emmer is the elder statesman and security advisor who served under Anu.
#AncientAliens #anunnaki #aliens #ufos #extraterrestrials #anime #comicbooks #manga #animation #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi #enki #webtoon #lostcontinent #lostcivilization #spiritual #sketches