Sharon Howard
@sharonhoward.bsky.social
History, data, pictures, food. Still lazing about.
http://sharonhoward.org/
ORCID: 0000-0002-6051-6274
http://sharonhoward.org/
ORCID: 0000-0002-6051-6274
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Sharon Howard
@sharonhoward.bsky.social
· Mar 31
#WomensHistoryMonth #LostInABook (a thread)
Ethel Léontine Gabain, "Reading" (before 1946) artuk.org/discover/art...
Ethel Léontine Gabain, "Reading" (before 1946) artuk.org/discover/art...
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2/2 A game of kolf, back in the day, when all you needed was some ice and a good club. No skates -- high-heeled shoes! Hendrick Avercamp, 1625.
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
2/2 A game of kolf, back in the day, when all you needed was some ice and a good club. No skates -- high-heeled shoes! Hendrick Avercamp, 1625.
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PROB 11 Doodle of the Day
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
PROB 11 Doodle of the Day
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For Holocaust Memorial Day, we're honouring women artists of Jewish heritage. Many of these artists arrived in Britain just before, or after the rise of Hitler's regime in the 1930s.
👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/ten-women-artists-of-jewish-heritage-represented-in-uk-collections
👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/ten-women-artists-of-jewish-heritage-represented-in-uk-collections
Ten women artists of Jewish heritage represented in UK collections | Art UK
'If I were not a Jew, I would not be an artist at all, or I would be someone else altogether' were words once uttered by Marc Chagall, one of the most famous avant-garde painters of the twentieth century.
artuk.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
For Holocaust Memorial Day, we're honouring women artists of Jewish heritage. Many of these artists arrived in Britain just before, or after the rise of Hitler's regime in the 1930s.
👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/ten-women-artists-of-jewish-heritage-represented-in-uk-collections
👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/ten-women-artists-of-jewish-heritage-represented-in-uk-collections
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All out on the ice! It's a cold afternoon in 1610, and Hendrick Avercamp is there to paint it. He was born on this day in 1585.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
All out on the ice! It's a cold afternoon in 1610, and Hendrick Avercamp is there to paint it. He was born on this day in 1585.
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My new fun interactive toy is a data explorer [big table! many filters!] for the #18thC London Lives Home Office Criminal Registers: mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/h...
HO Criminal Registers Data Explorer – In Her Mind’s Eye
mindseye.sharonhoward.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
My new fun interactive toy is a data explorer [big table! many filters!] for the #18thC London Lives Home Office Criminal Registers: mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/h...
"Yes, I have pearls. Many pearls. I wouldn't want you to miss any of them. Would you like to count them?"
Geertruida den Dubbelde, wife of Lieutenant Admiral Aert van Nes, stands before a balustrade, the harbor unfolding behind her with warships and figures on the quay. One hand extends outward, the other rests confidently at her waist.
👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027048
👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027048
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"Yes, I have pearls. Many pearls. I wouldn't want you to miss any of them. Would you like to count them?"
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Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Pieter Boel, of Antwerp & Paris. Painted animals, dead & alive. Here, truly stunning study of flamingos (alive).
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Pieter Boel, of Antwerp & Paris. Painted animals, dead & alive. Here, truly stunning study of flamingos (alive).
Watched the final of The Traitors to get my occasional fix of reality TV and main thought is the editing really is genius level at creating a compelling narrative out of a lot of utter nonsense.
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Watched the final of The Traitors to get my occasional fix of reality TV and main thought is the editing really is genius level at creating a compelling narrative out of a lot of utter nonsense.
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“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.”
In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.
In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.
Medieval Migration
“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.”
www.nacbs.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.”
In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.
In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.
My new fun interactive toy is a data explorer [big table! many filters!] for the #18thC London Lives Home Office Criminal Registers: mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/h...
HO Criminal Registers Data Explorer – In Her Mind’s Eye
mindseye.sharonhoward.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
My new fun interactive toy is a data explorer [big table! many filters!] for the #18thC London Lives Home Office Criminal Registers: mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/h...
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We were incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Deborah Cameron, an EMC patron with a deep commitment to Language study into schools. We loved working with her on many occasions + our thoughts are with her + her family. Here she is talking on emagClips 1/3 englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
Professor Deborah Cameron on Language and Gender
Professor Deborah Cameron discusses Language and Gender.
englishandmedia.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
We were incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Deborah Cameron, an EMC patron with a deep commitment to Language study into schools. We loved working with her on many occasions + our thoughts are with her + her family. Here she is talking on emagClips 1/3 englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
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It's Squirrel Appreciation Day 🐿️
Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 The National Gallery
Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 The National Gallery
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
It's Squirrel Appreciation Day 🐿️
Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 The National Gallery
Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 The National Gallery
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I wrote a blog post about Morocco and how cool Marlene Dietrich looks in a tux for IA’s Public Domain Day celebrations this year!
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
In Praise of Pre-Hays: “Morocco” and the Public Domain | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I wrote a blog post about Morocco and how cool Marlene Dietrich looks in a tux for IA’s Public Domain Day celebrations this year!
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/i...
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Real Men Eat Cheese 🧀
When you find an incredible advertisement while cataloguing a mid-20th century archive but have no-one to show it to - and then #NationalCheeseLoversDay comes along...
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Real Men Eat Cheese 🧀
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One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
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Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
In 2020, the Foundling Museum held an exhibition on pregnancy portraits from the 16th century onwards. It was marvellous. (It was also pretty much the last thing I went to before lockdown.) foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/portra...
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In 2020, the Foundling Museum held an exhibition on pregnancy portraits from the 16th century onwards. It was marvellous. (It was also pretty much the last thing I went to before lockdown.) foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/portra...
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Blackbird has been at the cherries that were sitting on the ledge waiting to be painted. Sad! Or not, if you are the bird. By Ambrosius Bosschaert Junior, 1630s.
January 18, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Blackbird has been at the cherries that were sitting on the ledge waiting to be painted. Sad! Or not, if you are the bird. By Ambrosius Bosschaert Junior, 1630s.
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Through the Roman Empire, #horses were essential as concerned transport, communication and fighting.
Stallions from Parthia, Persia, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Hispania and Libya were the most sought after.
On the other hand for chariot races the Arabians and Berbers were the favourite.
Stallions from Parthia, Persia, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Hispania and Libya were the most sought after.
On the other hand for chariot races the Arabians and Berbers were the favourite.
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Through the Roman Empire, #horses were essential as concerned transport, communication and fighting.
Stallions from Parthia, Persia, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Hispania and Libya were the most sought after.
On the other hand for chariot races the Arabians and Berbers were the favourite.
Stallions from Parthia, Persia, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Hispania and Libya were the most sought after.
On the other hand for chariot races the Arabians and Berbers were the favourite.
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Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
What a lovely portrait!
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Federico Barocci of Urbino. A really wonderful painter, here by himself.
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
What a lovely portrait!
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You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯