Little evidence of Baynard’s Castle survives. A blue plaque, street name, multi-storey car park & an exceptionally ugly office building called Baynard House. Palace particularly associated with House of York, with Richard III proclaimed king there 1483 #baynardscastle #richardiii #greatfireoflondon
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Temple of Denderah, 1891
View down the portico of the Grande Palaestra of the display cases housing the casts
One of the casts lying on his back. Behind him the Grande Palaestra is bathed in sunlight.
A reflection of one of the casts on display
A day filled with poignant reflection as the permanent exhibition dedicated to the plaster casts of ancient Pompeians opened in #Pompeii.
At last they are given context: where, when and how they were found, what they were found with, and details such as their sex and approximate age.
I often think of this one.
The ‘de Brecy Tondo’, once hailed by AI as an undoubted Raphael, has been quietly (and correctly) sold at auction as a later copy for £13k.
I've no doubt they'll throw a few occurrences of the word 'liminal' in their reporting of the results of said Surveys.
There's been some lovely cloudage today, and I love this time of day as the wind turbine is lit up by the sun
And here's a fantastic live version from 1976
#Equator #Sparks
Happy Equator Day to all who celebrate 🎶
#3pm #Equator #Sparks #March10th
If you’ve been watching the BBC’s Small Prophets, you may have heard about The Birds of America by John James Audubon. Only 120 copies exist today, with one at Liverpool Central Library. We hold the largest group of original Audubon artworks outside North America!
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It does!
That one of Kerkez making an aeroplane shape in front of the airline ad is a fantastic catch! Love it.
This is a masterclass in the observation of angles and shadows... the angles of the open doors, and the angles of their shadows; the stairs - lit from an unseen window above... the room lit from an unseen window.
And all so accurately painted.
It's just brilliant.
Shame about my typo in the date!
Just started @nationaltrust.org.uk Wightwick Manor exhibition about extended Rossetti family including newly acquired portrait of Christina. Wightwick's a beautiful house anyway and has permanent @demorganfoundation.bsky.social display www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
A watercolour of the Waltham Cross
The Waltham Cross is a fantastic example of the early activity of the Society and reflects their dedication to protecting and preserving historical monuments.
This watercolour illustration was a commission by the Society to Jacob Schnebbelie.
Nice!
I was thrilled when it came on! Sounds like plenty of other listeners were too, from their chat about it afterwards.
The great thing about stupidity is that it simultaneously feels endowed with an insight for solutions beyond the reach of the merely intelligent, and the confidence of a minor character in the first twenty minutes of a horror movie.
A little bit of flight history in the local free magazine today, for anyone interested.
Bovingdon airfield is about 3 miles from here, and due to its history during WWII, we're often treated to the old warbirds flying over to pay their respects.
Entrance gate to St. Tudno's church on the Great Orme
Moorish Victoriana: cast-iron ornamental railings on Llandudno pier
😄Helicopter, preferably. A lot of the lanes round here have no pavement, so it always feels like you're risking your life if you're on foot!
Ah, this makes it clearer, when you can see the Dairy/private residence is top left, above the U shaped former egg farm, and the turbine over on the right. That explains why different bits are visible from different viewpoints in the village.
The energy company website says their building was the Egg Farm, while the Dairy is now a private residence. Thing is, the wind turbine at RES Group/Egg Farm isn't visible when I can clearly see the Dairy. So I need to suss out the site to make sense of it.
I'm not 100% sure if the old Dairy and The Egg Farm are in the same location. The Egg Farm is now the site of a wind turbine and a sustainable energy company.
Until today I was under the impression that they were, based on different views today, now I'm unsure. Must look it up again.
A carved stone head in a glass. Are with reeds and a green background to either side
A carved stone face with eyes nose and mouth visible. The mouth has a hole in the upper right lip (as we look) perhaps for offerings
#findsfriday the astonishing, enigmatic Hendy Head from Anglesey now in Oriel Môn - found in a ploughed field overlooking the Menai straits and thought to be Late Iron Age. Did this Celtic god oversee the a Roman attack on the Druids and an end of the old ways? #celts #ironage #druids #anglesey
Bravo @stellacreasy.bsky.social !
Kudos to @stellacreasy.bsky.social 👏👏👏
There were many amazing thing in Durham and some important case studies for the book, but one of my favourite finds was this 13th C little guy in his hat...
Moving petroglyphs and bulldozing roads to Native America sites.
Egyptian prince Thutmose was entombed with his companion cat Ta-Miu (aka “little mewer”). Here’s the cat’s sarcophagus ~ the inscription says “I myself am placed among the imperishable ones that are in the Sky / For I am Ta-Miu, the Triumphant” (1,500 BC)
