jdmccafferty

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to london

4 June 1663: d. William Juxon , Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd former Bishop of #London & Lord Treasurer of #England, & client of Archbishop Laud (NPG) #Restoration

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to random

Madonna and Child, Borgognone, 1500 - 1523

(Rijksmuseum)

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to random

Journey to the Holy Land:
Grotto of the Nativity and Rachel's Tomb
1620, Jacques Callot.

(Musée du Louvre)

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to random

A woman's smock, 1560-1580, English make.
Linen embroidered with red silk in a design of strapwork and flowers
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

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jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to philosophy

4 June 1610: The Earl of #Tyrone's messenger from #Rome to Felim O'Byrne of #Wicklow is intercepted by #Dublin Castle #otd

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to glasgow

4 June 1545: David Cardinal Beaton Archbishop of St Andrews brings his processional cross into #Glasgow cathedral #otd A punch-up follows (HES)

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to random

Allegory of the Regency of Anne of Austria
By Laurent La Hyre, 1648.

(Musée du Louvre)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Iris [Iris versicolor] with a dragonfly,
Book of Flower Studies
c. 1510–1515
Master of Claude de France
(Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to cymru

4 June 1610: Henry Stewart installed as Prince of #Wales #otd in the court of requests at Westminster Palace before both houses of #parliament & many other guests

His ermine-lined robe cost in excess of £1,300 alone!

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Linen band and cuffs trimmed with bobbin lace, probably made in #Devon, 1630-1635.

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

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jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

4 June 1660: James Butler, Marquess of Ormond is appointed Lord Steward of Charles II’s household #otd

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to london

4 June 1561: A major fire devastates St Paul’s cathedral #London following a lightning strike, both steeple & roof are destroyed #otd (BM)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to Catroventos

4 June 1487: Lambert Simnel, trading as 'Edward VI' & army of #German mercenaries, 4,000 #Irish kerne & some #English Yorkists sail from #Ireland towards #England #otd

Beaten by Henry VII at Stoke on 16 June (BM)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

4 June 1621: the speech of Sir James Perrot MP on the Palatinate in the House of Commons causes a rarely-witnessed bout of hat-waving and cheering in the chamber #otd (eebo) #hatsmatter

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Key
German
15th century

(Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to london

4 June 1703: Samuel Pepys is buried at St. Olave Hart St #London #otd
The non-juring Bishop of #Thetford officiated (NPG)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

William III: Passage to Ireland from London, #otd 4/14 June, 1690.

Jan Smeltzing, 1690. Made in the Netherlands.

(British Museum)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

4 June: feast #otd of Edfrith bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 721

He's the one who got St Bede the Venerable to write the Life St Cuthbert

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Portrait of an unknown woman by Nicolas Langeau after Frans Pourbus, c. 1590-1610

(British Museum)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Portrait of an unknown woman by Nicolas Langeau after Frans Pourbus, c. 1590-1610

(British Museum)

jdmccafferty, 5 days ago to random

Tuesday 4 June #Dublin

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

Back-less chopines, c. 1600, Venice

These ones are only 21.5cm high - they could be as high as 50cm [that's 19.69 inches for you imperial fans]

(V&A Museum, London)

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

2 June 1162: Thomas Becket ordained priest #otd then consecrated as Archbishop of #Canterbury on the next day (BM)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to spanish

A 1647 #Spanish Virgo Immaculata holding a monstrance on this Solemnity of Corpus Christi 2024.

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

Peasant Dance, 1550

Pieter Aertsen, b. 1508, d. #otd 2 June 1575.

(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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