Charles Dickens born on 7th February 200 years ago today.
Charles Dickens with female companion and his two daughters riding in a basket phaeton.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Two Worlds.
Night And Evening 1930 by Ernest Procter.
Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
'Twixt night and moon, upon the horizon's Verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
~ Byron.
'Twixt night and moon, upon the horizon's Verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
~ Byron.
Monday, 31 October 2011
William Blake.
William Blake 1757-1827 English poet, painter, and printmaker. Influential in the history of poetry and the visual arts of the Romantic Age.
William Blake, Ancient Of Days.
God Appears and God is Light
To those poor souls who dwell in night,
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.
William Blake.
To those poor souls who dwell in night,
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.
William Blake.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Beau Brummell.
Englishman Beau Brummell 1778 - 1840. Nineteenth century dandy he hired the best tailors and wore the most perfect cuts and finest fabrics. With his desire to put together an elegant manly look he became the designer of the first suit as we know it today.
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