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Tag Archives: Great Britain
1846: The System According to the Holy Scriptures
The Muggletonians were a radical Protestant sect that originated in the seventeenth century when London tailors John Reeve and Lodowick Muggleton announced themselves as the prophets foretold in the Book of Revelation. Along with Diggers, Ranters, and Levellers, Muggletonians comprised … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1840's, 19th Century, Astronomy, Books, Christianity, English Civil War, Great Britain, Isaac Frost, Muggletonians, Printmaking, Religion, The Moon, The Sun
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1585: A Young Daughter of the Picts
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues: A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585) An engraving based on this miniature appeared in the section on Picts and ancient Britons in Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Art, France, Great Britain, Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, Native Americans, Painting, Portraits, Scotland, Tattoos, Women
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1914: Factory
Charles Ginner: The Dressmaking Factory (c. 1914)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Charles Ginner, Clothing, Factories, Great Britain, Labor, Painting, Women
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1967: Talented Amateur
Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1967)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Cold War, Diana Rigg, Great Britain, Television, Women
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1671: The Latest and Most Accurate
John Ogilby: America- Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (1671); the book is an English translation of Arnold Montanus’s De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld. The title of this plate is “Viztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum” —The Mexicans’ … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, Arnold Montanus, Aztecs, Books, Colonialism, Great Britain, Huitzilopochtli, John Ogilby, Mexica, Mexico, Mexico City, Native Americans, Religion
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1897: Steelworks
Lionel Walden: Steelworks, Cardiff, at Night (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Factories, Great Britain, Lionel Walden, Painting, Trains, USA, Wales
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1923: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
John McKirdy Duncan: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (also known as The Queen of Sheba) (1923)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Apes, Art, Birds, Camels, Christianity, Cows, Deer, Elephants, Great Britain, John McKirdy Duncan, Mammals, Monkeys, Painting, Peacocks, Religion, Scotland
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1989: The Great Fire of London
In this dream I was coming up out of the London tube. I was in a rush, under a gray rain. I was preparing myself for a new life, for a joyful freedom. And I had to fathom the dream’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1980's, 20th Century, Books, Fire, France, Great Britain, Jacques Roubaud, London, Natural Disasters, OULIPO, Samuel Rolle
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