# keepitstuart babylossawarenessweek worldginday stuartfamilies 17thcentury

Henry Sydney and his pals who signed the “Invitation to William” in 1688.

4 7
2023-03-26

Mouse-skin eyebrows!
I know big brows are fashionable and often need a bit of help. But😱
Please don't bring these back! On squeak is not on fleek
(Here's a BBC recreation of the mouse-brow https://t.co/S2dXWnFHQO)
(ter Borch, Detroit Inst of Arts)

5 11
2023-03-11

To me, this sums up all that was brilliant & glorious about Charles I but also all that was tragic. The pose, grandeur, & proud high horse, all so beautiful. But the distant, abstracted, expression of a man never at ease in this role.
van Dyke—1633—Windsor Castle

5 29
2022-12-17

I quite like this detail from a 1623 print. Fawkes's accomplice is a spotty demon/duck/dog/frog creature (with a cardinal hat?) whilst the guards are brought to the plotter by an angel with no anthropomorphic elements. Classic!

5 12
2022-11-05

Here are some more delightful tapestry details: January getting warm by the fire; February a lion (um, OK), and June, sheep-shearing

3 9
2022-10-29

Labours of the Months.
British, second quarter of the 17th century, with details of October, November and December.
Worked in wool, silk, and metal thread (Met Museum)

5 16
2022-10-29

It is Organisations like & can help, but, for some (like me), history can provide some solace. For let us remember the Stuart-era families who also suffered these tragic losses.

19 76
2022-10-16

"Here, I drink to thee for thy good news." A line from Ben Jonson's play, Every Man In His Humour.

4 9
2022-06-11

Here's a slightly higher definition image of this family portrait--it's got some lovely details.


3 6
2022-05-22

The Coke children of Melbourne Hall by Jacob Huysmans, 1680. Totally Bonkers Baroque: random sheep, angels, full dressing up box regalia. I love it.

13 29
2022-05-21

Works Peter Lely: „Portrait of Charles II” 1670 in Warsaw’s Royal Castle collection and „Portrait of a Woman” 1670s in Wawel Royal Castle collection. Who is she?

4 6
2022-04-23

Proper modern biography of Sir Kenelm Digby long overdue - son of Gunpowder Plotter, courtier to Charles I, ambassador for Cromwell, privateer, gourmet, alchemist, romantic, baldy, scientist, theologian, astrologer and inventor of the modern wine bottle…

4 23
2022-03-20

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

6 24
2022-02-12

It's always him, for me: Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans. Charles It's and Nell Gwyn's lad.

1 13
2021-12-19

William Berkeley, George Digby, Lord Willoughby, Leonard Calvert and James Hind.
Montrose and Henry Vane, too, but I'm pretty sure they'd decline the invite.

2 9
2021-12-11

Charles I didn't call his English parliament in the 1630s but his Irish parliament met in 1634. Nice bit of an aul' procession to & .

The creator of this print had an eye to Wentworth's demise...


3 5
2021-11-21