Dr Sarah Flew
@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social
C19th historian fascinated by philanthropy & charity. Latest book examines Lord Overstone's philanthropy in period 1843-83. Oh and I’m a fundraiser as well! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/charitable-giving-in-victorian-britain-9781350424593/
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Vue du canal Saint-Martin, 1870, by Alfred Sisley, British landscape artist, died #OTD 1899; a founding figure of French Impressionism, he painted en plein air with Monet & Renoir.
Musée d’Orsay
Musée d’Orsay
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Vue du canal Saint-Martin, 1870, by Alfred Sisley, British landscape artist, died #OTD 1899; a founding figure of French Impressionism, he painted en plein air with Monet & Renoir.
Musée d’Orsay
Musée d’Orsay
Delighted to have the opportunity to talk about C19th philanthropy in the Red Heaven history podcast - www.redheavenproject.com/episodes/vic...
See www.redheavenproject.com for all 81 episodes
See www.redheavenproject.com for all 81 episodes
Episode 79. Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain — Red Heaven Oral History Archive
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with Dr Sarah Flew about her 2025 book Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain : The Legacy of Samuel Loyd Jones which provides an unusually deep insight into mid-Vi...
www.redheavenproject.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Delighted to have the opportunity to talk about C19th philanthropy in the Red Heaven history podcast - www.redheavenproject.com/episodes/vic...
See www.redheavenproject.com for all 81 episodes
See www.redheavenproject.com for all 81 episodes
Well this looks very interesting!
I'm really looking forward to reading Matthew Hilton's timely new @universitypress.cambridge.org book Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation, and Development.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Charity After Empire
Cambridge Core - Global History - Charity After Empire
www.cambridge.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Well this looks very interesting!
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An Artist Visits Stonehenge in 1573 and Paints a Charming Watercolor Painting of the Ancient Ruins
An Artist Visits Stonehenge in 1573 and Paints a Charming Watercolor Painting of the Ancient Ruins
The purpose of the monumental druidical structure known as Stonehenge has been lost to us, but many theories abound, “from the rational to the irrational to the magical.” On the magical end of the sca...
www.openculture.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
An Artist Visits Stonehenge in 1573 and Paints a Charming Watercolor Painting of the Ancient Ruins
Fascinating obit for Julia Margaret Cameron expert
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Colin Ford obituary
Historian, broadcaster and museum director who was the founding head of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Fascinating obit for Julia Margaret Cameron expert
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I'm talking online about Lord Overstone's philanthropy to international causes (famine, conflict and extreme weather events) in the late C19th
Our next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️
Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy
26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm
Online via Zoom
Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
(As ever, it's FREE)
Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy
26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm
Online via Zoom
Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
(As ever, it's FREE)
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I'm talking online about Lord Overstone's philanthropy to international causes (famine, conflict and extreme weather events) in the late C19th
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John Singer Sargent was born #OnThisDay in 1856 🎈
He worked on one of his most famous works for a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886.
'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 📷 Tate
He worked on one of his most famous works for a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886.
'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 📷 Tate
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
John Singer Sargent was born #OnThisDay in 1856 🎈
He worked on one of his most famous works for a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886.
'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 📷 Tate
He worked on one of his most famous works for a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886.
'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 📷 Tate
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December 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Christmas jigsaw completed! Blimey that was tricky because of the mirror imaging…
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Christmas jigsaw completed! Blimey that was tricky because of the mirror imaging…
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UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart.
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart.
The Boxing Day jigsaw has commenced 🎄
December 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Boxing Day jigsaw has commenced 🎄
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Merry Christmas from all of us at Buckinghamshire Archives!
We hope your day is full of joy, laughter, and several mysterious birds appearing in your Christmas tree, no doubt eager to learn more about local history.
We hope your day is full of joy, laughter, and several mysterious birds appearing in your Christmas tree, no doubt eager to learn more about local history.
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Merry Christmas from all of us at Buckinghamshire Archives!
We hope your day is full of joy, laughter, and several mysterious birds appearing in your Christmas tree, no doubt eager to learn more about local history.
We hope your day is full of joy, laughter, and several mysterious birds appearing in your Christmas tree, no doubt eager to learn more about local history.
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It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films
The 12 films of Christmas: filmmakers on their festive favourites
It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films
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Mary Delany, Ilex Aquifolium - Holly with berries, 1775, British Museum #merrymerry
December 24, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Mary Delany, Ilex Aquifolium - Holly with berries, 1775, British Museum #merrymerry
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Christmas Eve by Stanhope Forbes was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. This large painting (1.8m high) shows a band playing outside the Dock Inn in Dock Street, at the foot of Chapel Street in Penzance, with the parish church of St Mary's in the background.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Christmas Eve by Stanhope Forbes was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. This large painting (1.8m high) shows a band playing outside the Dock Inn in Dock Street, at the foot of Chapel Street in Penzance, with the parish church of St Mary's in the background.
#OTD Christmas Eve 1867 Lord Overstone donated £20 to the Clerkenwell Explosion Fund - following an explosion on 13 December 1867 to aid a prisoner escape from Clerkenwell Prison which killed 12 and wounded 120 in neighbouring houses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerken...
Clerkenwell explosion - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#OTD Christmas Eve 1867 Lord Overstone donated £20 to the Clerkenwell Explosion Fund - following an explosion on 13 December 1867 to aid a prisoner escape from Clerkenwell Prison which killed 12 and wounded 120 in neighbouring houses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerken...
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Reindeer with sleigh (ackja), 1671, Oil on canvas, 224 x 348 cm (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) #earlymodern #snow 🗃️
February 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Reindeer with sleigh (ackja), 1671, Oil on canvas, 224 x 348 cm (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) #earlymodern #snow 🗃️
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
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Merry Christmas everyone and thank you.
#JoyeuxNoel
The Nativity, painted by the Limbourg brothers 1412-16
Tempera on vellum
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
#JoyeuxNoel
The Nativity, painted by the Limbourg brothers 1412-16
Tempera on vellum
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Merry Christmas everyone and thank you.
#JoyeuxNoel
The Nativity, painted by the Limbourg brothers 1412-16
Tempera on vellum
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
#JoyeuxNoel
The Nativity, painted by the Limbourg brothers 1412-16
Tempera on vellum
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
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In 1892, Charles Green contributed 28 fresh illustrations to a reprinting of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. To kick off my Christmas Carol illustration advent this year, here's his half-page title. (1/7)
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In 1892, Charles Green contributed 28 fresh illustrations to a reprinting of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. To kick off my Christmas Carol illustration advent this year, here's his half-page title. (1/7)
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The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885)
The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885)
What kind of a blighted society turns the word “snowflake” into an insult?, I sometimes catch myself thinking, but then again, I’ve never understood why “treehugger” should offend.
www.openculture.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885)
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Father Christmas Tree - 17th century, Nürnberger Schembart-Buch, Cod. ms. KB 395, p. 255
December 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Father Christmas Tree - 17th century, Nürnberger Schembart-Buch, Cod. ms. KB 395, p. 255