Tag Archives: Great Britain

1639: Thoughts

Posted on May 23, 2020 by

From a letter written by James Howell, 17 March 1639: Having got into a close field, I cast my face upward, and…began to contemplate as I was in this posture the vast magnitude of the universe and what proportion this … Continue reading →

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1918: Munitions Girls

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Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls (1918)

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1802: The Eagle

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William Blake: Headpiece to “The Eagle,” an illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals (1802).

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1794: The Game of the Snake

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

Robert Laurie and James Whittle: The Royal Pastime of Cupid, or Entertaining Game of the Snake (London, 1794) The rules: Haveing a pare of dice, it must be first agreed upon, what to play for, which is to be layd … Continue reading →

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1921: Swans

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Frank William Brangwyn: The Swans (1921)

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1919: Queen Alice

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Illustrations from a 1919 photoplay edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (source). The photos are stills from the 1915 silent film adaptation of the books, which starred Viola Savoy as Alice.

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1800: Portrait of an Eye

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

Eye portrait brooches from early 19th century England. All at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself

Posted on January 26, 2020 by

The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading →

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1912: South Downs

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

William Nicholson: View of the South Downs (1912)

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1648: This Page Intentionally Left Blank

Posted on January 12, 2020 by

The English Civil War began in 1642, pitting King Charles I against the English and Scottish parliaments. The King’s army initially held the upper hand, but after 1644 the rebellious Roundheads, under the command of Oliver Cromwell, began to gain … Continue reading →

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