Tag Archives: Great Britain

1871: Some Have Entertained Angels Unawares

Posted on May 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Edward Clifford: Some Have Entertained Angels Unawares (1871) Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. —Hebrews 13:2

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1821: After Rain

Posted on April 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

John Constable: Evening Landscape after Rain (c. 1821)

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2106: Transitional Object

Posted on April 15, 2018 by corvusfugit

In 2016, Cornelia Parker installed this replica of the house from Hitchcock’s Psycho on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. It’s made from repurposed wood from a red barn; the title of the work … Continue reading →

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1661: Elizabeth Russell

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

[———–] Russell, always known under the guise or habit of a woman, and answered to the name of Elizabeth, as registered in Streatham parish, Nov. 21, 1661, but at death proved to be a man. He was buried April 14th, … Continue reading →

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600 BC: How Can Someone Not Be Hurt and Hurt Again

Posted on March 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

πῶϲ κε δή τιϲ οὐ θαμέω̣ϲ̣ἄϲαιτ̣ο, Κύπρι, δέϲπ̣ ̣ο̣ιν̣ ̣’, ὄττινα [δ]η̣ ̀ φιλ̣́ ̣[ηϲι,] [κωὐ] θέλοι μάλιϲτα πάθα̣ν̣χ̣άλ̣[αϲϲαι;] [ποῖ]ον ἔχηϲθα [νῶν] ϲά̣ λοιϲί μ’ ἀλεμά̣τω̣ ̣ϲ̣ δ̣αιϲ̣̈́ δ̣ ̣[ην [ἰμέ]ρω⟨ι⟩ λύ{ι}̣ ϲαντι γ̣όν’ ωμε-̣ [x [ ̣ ̣ ̣] … Continue reading →

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1929: From a Paris Plane

Posted on March 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: From a Paris Plane (1929)

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1922: Description of a Demon

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The hum of talk drowned the words, but leaning forward Lessingham saw where the arras curtains behind the dais parted for a moment, and one of princely bearing advanced past the high seats down the body of the hall. His … Continue reading →

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1939: The History of Spitting

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The pioneering sociologist Norbert Elias published The Civilizing Process in 1939 with the aim of tracing how Europeans came to imagine what it meant to be “civilized.” In the book, he argues that increasing interdependence in society—in which difference social … Continue reading →

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1918: Bursting Shell

Posted on February 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: Bursting Shell (1915)

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1918: Steel Works

Posted on February 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles John Holmes: A Two-Year-Old Steel Works: Erected during the War for Messrs. Steel, Peech & Tozer, Ltd, Phoenix Works, Rotherham (c. 1918)

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