Rise Up

“Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.” (Wikipedia)

Three Shorts

Frank Short (1857 – 1945) was born in Worcestershire and trained as a civil engineer.

Mix with the Medicis

To the National Gallery yesterday to see their Francesco Pesellino exhibition before it closes on Sunday.

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Back to Baroque

My Great Aunt Aline (Lloyd Thomas) is buried in the churchyard of St Swithun (sic), Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire.

Oriental Scenery

Earls Terrace is a terrace of twenty-five houses built in the first decade of the 19th century.