Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Deux Ouvrières dans l’Atelier de Couture: two seamstresses, 1891, by Édouard Vuillard, French Intimiste artist & printmaker, born #OTD 1868; member of avant-garde group Les Nabis, his densely patterned interior scenes were influenced by Japanese printmaking and textiles.
National Galleries Scotland
National Galleries Scotland
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Deux Ouvrières dans l’Atelier de Couture: two seamstresses, 1891, by Édouard Vuillard, French Intimiste artist & printmaker, born #OTD 1868; member of avant-garde group Les Nabis, his densely patterned interior scenes were influenced by Japanese printmaking and textiles.
National Galleries Scotland
National Galleries Scotland
Cassis, Cap Lombard, 1889, by Paul Signac, French neo-impressionist artist, known for luminous coastal views, born #OTD 1863; developed pointillism with Seurat & influenced Matisse.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Cassis, Cap Lombard, 1889, by Paul Signac, French neo-impressionist artist, known for luminous coastal views, born #OTD 1863; developed pointillism with Seurat & influenced Matisse.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
“Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.”
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.”
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
“And still they gazed & still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew.”
Oliver Goldsmith, versatile Irish writer, born #OTD 1728; known for novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), poem The Deserted Village (1770) and play She stoops to Conquer (1771).
Trinity College Dublin
That one small head could carry all he knew.”
Oliver Goldsmith, versatile Irish writer, born #OTD 1728; known for novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), poem The Deserted Village (1770) and play She stoops to Conquer (1771).
Trinity College Dublin
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“And still they gazed & still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew.”
Oliver Goldsmith, versatile Irish writer, born #OTD 1728; known for novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), poem The Deserted Village (1770) and play She stoops to Conquer (1771).
Trinity College Dublin
That one small head could carry all he knew.”
Oliver Goldsmith, versatile Irish writer, born #OTD 1728; known for novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), poem The Deserted Village (1770) and play She stoops to Conquer (1771).
Trinity College Dublin
The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740, vivid portrayal of London street seller of shrimps & mussels, her basket on her head with pewter measure, by William Hogarth, innovative English painter, engraver, satirist, born #OTD 1697; the spontaneity & loose brushwork foreshadow Impressionism.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740, vivid portrayal of London street seller of shrimps & mussels, her basket on her head with pewter measure, by William Hogarth, innovative English painter, engraver, satirist, born #OTD 1697; the spontaneity & loose brushwork foreshadow Impressionism.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
Winter landscape with skaters, painted c. 1665 by Aert van der Neer, Dutch Golden Age artist who worked in and around Amsterdam, known for lively winter scenes on frozen rivers; died #OTD 1670.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Winter landscape with skaters, painted c. 1665 by Aert van der Neer, Dutch Golden Age artist who worked in and around Amsterdam, known for lively winter scenes on frozen rivers; died #OTD 1670.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist, born #OTD 1656, sponsor of Newton’s Principia, computed orbit and periodicity of eponymous comet, mapped solar eclipse of 1715.
National Portrait Gallery | Royal Society
National Portrait Gallery | Royal Society
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist, born #OTD 1656, sponsor of Newton’s Principia, computed orbit and periodicity of eponymous comet, mapped solar eclipse of 1715.
National Portrait Gallery | Royal Society
National Portrait Gallery | Royal Society
“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds...”
John Milton, revered English poet, author of Paradise Lost, died #OTD 1674.
Christs College Cambridge
John Milton, revered English poet, author of Paradise Lost, died #OTD 1674.
Christs College Cambridge
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds...”
John Milton, revered English poet, author of Paradise Lost, died #OTD 1674.
Christs College Cambridge
John Milton, revered English poet, author of Paradise Lost, died #OTD 1674.
Christs College Cambridge
The Bodleian Library opened to the public #OTD in 1602.
Duke Humfrey’s Library: oldest reading room in the Bodleian, named after Humphrey Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester who bequeathed 281 books after his death in 1447.
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Duke Humfrey’s Library: oldest reading room in the Bodleian, named after Humphrey Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester who bequeathed 281 books after his death in 1447.
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Bodleian Library opened to the public #OTD in 1602.
Duke Humfrey’s Library: oldest reading room in the Bodleian, named after Humphrey Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester who bequeathed 281 books after his death in 1447.
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Duke Humfrey’s Library: oldest reading room in the Bodleian, named after Humphrey Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester who bequeathed 281 books after his death in 1447.
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
“Si le monde était clair, l’art ne serait pas.”
Albert Camus, French philosopher, writer, author of L'Étranger, La Peste, born #OTD 1913; winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
Nobel Prize
Albert Camus, French philosopher, writer, author of L'Étranger, La Peste, born #OTD 1913; winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
Nobel Prize
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“Si le monde était clair, l’art ne serait pas.”
Albert Camus, French philosopher, writer, author of L'Étranger, La Peste, born #OTD 1913; winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
Nobel Prize
Albert Camus, French philosopher, writer, author of L'Étranger, La Peste, born #OTD 1913; winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
Nobel Prize
Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist, chemist, pioneer in radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate & only winner of two Nobel prizes in different sciences (Physics & Chemistry); born #OTD 1867, buried in the Panthéon, Paris.
Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)
Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist, chemist, pioneer in radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate & only winner of two Nobel prizes in different sciences (Physics & Chemistry); born #OTD 1867, buried in the Panthéon, Paris.
Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)
Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)
William Stukeley, English antiquary, pioneered archaeological exploration of Stonehenge & Avebury sites, born #OTD 1687.
Society of Antiquaries, London
Society of Antiquaries, London
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
William Stukeley, English antiquary, pioneered archaeological exploration of Stonehenge & Avebury sites, born #OTD 1687.
Society of Antiquaries, London
Society of Antiquaries, London
Charter of the Forest sealed #OTD 1217 at St Paul’s London.
Carta Foresta, important complementary charter to Magna Carta, re-established rights of freemen to royal forest, protecting land for grazing, fuel & forage.
Carta Foresta 1217 Durham Cathedral | Queen Mary Psalter 1310-20 British Library
Carta Foresta, important complementary charter to Magna Carta, re-established rights of freemen to royal forest, protecting land for grazing, fuel & forage.
Carta Foresta 1217 Durham Cathedral | Queen Mary Psalter 1310-20 British Library
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Charter of the Forest sealed #OTD 1217 at St Paul’s London.
Carta Foresta, important complementary charter to Magna Carta, re-established rights of freemen to royal forest, protecting land for grazing, fuel & forage.
Carta Foresta 1217 Durham Cathedral | Queen Mary Psalter 1310-20 British Library
Carta Foresta, important complementary charter to Magna Carta, re-established rights of freemen to royal forest, protecting land for grazing, fuel & forage.
Carta Foresta 1217 Durham Cathedral | Queen Mary Psalter 1310-20 British Library
Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, died #OTD 1879; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies.
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, died #OTD 1879; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies.
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Painting & Music: Self-portrait c 1770, by eminent Swiss Neoclassical artist Angelica Kauffman, who painted Handelian singer Sarah Harrop as Erato the lyric muse in 1780. The artist died in Rome #OTD 1807 & Canova directed her funeral.
National Gallery London | Princeton University Art Museum
National Gallery London | Princeton University Art Museum
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Painting & Music: Self-portrait c 1770, by eminent Swiss Neoclassical artist Angelica Kauffman, who painted Handelian singer Sarah Harrop as Erato the lyric muse in 1780. The artist died in Rome #OTD 1807 & Canova directed her funeral.
National Gallery London | Princeton University Art Museum
National Gallery London | Princeton University Art Museum
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
Plot to blow up parliament foiled; Guy Fawkes arrested #OTD 1605.
National Portrait Gallery London | James DF Mellor #drawnfromhistory
Plot to blow up parliament foiled; Guy Fawkes arrested #OTD 1605.
National Portrait Gallery London | James DF Mellor #drawnfromhistory
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
Plot to blow up parliament foiled; Guy Fawkes arrested #OTD 1605.
National Portrait Gallery London | James DF Mellor #drawnfromhistory
Plot to blow up parliament foiled; Guy Fawkes arrested #OTD 1605.
National Portrait Gallery London | James DF Mellor #drawnfromhistory
Master of candlelight: Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch artist of Golden Age & a founding figure of Utrecht Caravaggisti, born #OTD 1592; visiting painter at court of Charles I.
Denial of St Peter c. 1620, Musée de Beaux Arts, Rennes
Denial of St Peter c. 1620, Musée de Beaux Arts, Rennes
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Master of candlelight: Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch artist of Golden Age & a founding figure of Utrecht Caravaggisti, born #OTD 1592; visiting painter at court of Charles I.
Denial of St Peter c. 1620, Musée de Beaux Arts, Rennes
Denial of St Peter c. 1620, Musée de Beaux Arts, Rennes
Christ giving the keys to St Peter, 1625, with distinctive rich yellow of Guido Reni, Italian Baroque artist of Bolognese School, born #OTD 1575. Trained in Rome under the Carracci, painter to the Pope, his restrained classicism inspired French & Spanish artists incl. Vouet, Murillo.
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Christ giving the keys to St Peter, 1625, with distinctive rich yellow of Guido Reni, Italian Baroque artist of Bolognese School, born #OTD 1575. Trained in Rome under the Carracci, painter to the Pope, his restrained classicism inspired French & Spanish artists incl. Vouet, Murillo.
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
Paragon of painters: Annibale Carracci, a founding figure of Baroque, influenced Bernini, Rubens & Poussin, born #OTD 1560; painted celebrated Loves of Gods fresco (1597-1608) on the vaulted ceiling of Farnese gallery.
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnese
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Paragon of painters: Annibale Carracci, a founding figure of Baroque, influenced Bernini, Rubens & Poussin, born #OTD 1560; painted celebrated Loves of Gods fresco (1597-1608) on the vaulted ceiling of Farnese gallery.
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnese
La Saliera: gold & enamel salt cellar 1543, masterpiece made for François I, by Benvenuto Cellini, Italian Mannerist goldsmith & sculptor, born in Florence #OTD 1500. La Saliera featured in Balzac’s novel La Peau de Chagrin; Cellini inspired Dumas’s novel L’Orfèvre du Roi.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
La Saliera: gold & enamel salt cellar 1543, masterpiece made for François I, by Benvenuto Cellini, Italian Mannerist goldsmith & sculptor, born in Florence #OTD 1500. La Saliera featured in Balzac’s novel La Peau de Chagrin; Cellini inspired Dumas’s novel L’Orfèvre du Roi.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Laws of thought: George Boole, influential mathematician, born #OTD 1815; Boolean logic laid foundation for computers & Information Age.
University College Cork
University College Cork
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Laws of thought: George Boole, influential mathematician, born #OTD 1815; Boolean logic laid foundation for computers & Information Age.
University College Cork
University College Cork
Finding beauty in everyday life: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, born #OTD 1699, French painter of tranquil, luminous still-life & genre scenes, admired by Manet, Cézanne, Matisse and Proust.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Musée du Louvre
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Musée du Louvre
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Finding beauty in everyday life: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, born #OTD 1699, French painter of tranquil, luminous still-life & genre scenes, admired by Manet, Cézanne, Matisse and Proust.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Musée du Louvre
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Musée du Louvre
Palazzo Te, summer palace of Federigo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, with design & celebrated illusionistic frescoes (Stanza dei Giganti) 1524-1534, by versatile Mannerist architect & artist Giulio Romano, pupil of Raphael, died #OTD 1546; he was mentioned by Shakespeare in The Winter’s Tale.
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Palazzo Te, summer palace of Federigo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, with design & celebrated illusionistic frescoes (Stanza dei Giganti) 1524-1534, by versatile Mannerist architect & artist Giulio Romano, pupil of Raphael, died #OTD 1546; he was mentioned by Shakespeare in The Winter’s Tale.
November
Englishmen vs Frenchmen
Thomas Rowlandson 1788
Royal Collections Trust
Englishmen vs Frenchmen
Thomas Rowlandson 1788
Royal Collections Trust
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
November
Englishmen vs Frenchmen
Thomas Rowlandson 1788
Royal Collections Trust
Englishmen vs Frenchmen
Thomas Rowlandson 1788
Royal Collections Trust
The month of November
Novembre, 1485-86, painted on vellum by Jean Colombe
The acorn harvest: swineherd in oak forest, using a stick to dislodge ripe acorns, to fatten his foraging pigs.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
Novembre, 1485-86, painted on vellum by Jean Colombe
The acorn harvest: swineherd in oak forest, using a stick to dislodge ripe acorns, to fatten his foraging pigs.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The month of November
Novembre, 1485-86, painted on vellum by Jean Colombe
The acorn harvest: swineherd in oak forest, using a stick to dislodge ripe acorns, to fatten his foraging pigs.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly
Novembre, 1485-86, painted on vellum by Jean Colombe
The acorn harvest: swineherd in oak forest, using a stick to dislodge ripe acorns, to fatten his foraging pigs.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé
Château de Chantilly