Tag Archives: Great Britain

1896: Cardiff

Posted on February 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Lionel Walden: Cardiff Docks (1896)

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1670: A Very Strange and Prodigious Wonder

Posted on February 21, 2018 by corvusfugit

A letter from John Winthrop, Jr. to Lord Brereton, October 11, 1670: Boston Oct. 11, 1670. My Lord: The relation which I am now presenting to your Lordship is of a very strange and prodigious wonder this last Summer in … Continue reading →

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1371: The Strangest Duel

Posted on February 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

The strangest duel I ever met with, was one fought Between a dog and a man in the year 1371, in the presence of King Charles V of France… A Gentleman of the Court was supposed to have murdered another, … Continue reading →

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1635: A Kind of Speech They Could Not Understand

Posted on February 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

In 1635 at Brampton near Gainsborough an Ash Tree shook both in the Body and Boughs, and there proceeded from thence Sighs and Groans, like those of a Man troubled in his Sleep, as if he felt some sensible Torments. … Continue reading →

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1879: Alice

Posted on February 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

George Dunlop Leslie: Alice in Wonderland (c. 1879) Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room … Continue reading →

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1940: Joseph’s Dream

Posted on February 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Evelyn Mary Dunbar: Joseph’s Dream (c. 1940)

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1864: Glory be to God

Posted on February 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Georgiana Houghton: Glory be to God (1864) Georgiana Houghton was a Victorian spiritualist and medium whose many paintings include descriptions on the reverse detailing the various spirits and angels that influenced her in producing them. Houghton called these works “spirit … Continue reading →

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1953: A Piece of String

Posted on January 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

The most celebrated of all British practical jokers was William Horace De Vere Cole…He was a citizen of substance and had a large house in a fashionable section of London. One day he was hanging some paintings in his home … Continue reading →

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1812: I Awoke in the Greatest Agitation

Posted on January 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

On May 11, 1812, John Bellingham, a disgruntled Liverpool merchant, assassinated British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in the lobby of the House of Commons in London. In his autobiography, the civil engineer Sir John Rennie (whose company built the London … Continue reading →

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2009: A Trade Union for Trees

Posted on January 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Look at a single tall tree standing proud in the middle of an open area. Why is it so tall? Not to be closer to the sun! That long trunk could be shortened until the crown of the tree was … Continue reading →

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