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A live cannonball has been found dating from the siege of Quebec in 1759.
The fascinating history of the first building to house the British Museum's collection, Montagu House.
Gorgeous.
British artist Francis Towne (1739–1816) made a remarkable group of watercolours during a visit to Rome in 1780–1781. They include famous monuments such as the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, ancient baths and temples, and the Forum. These watercolours were Towne’s way of delivering a moral warning to 18th-century Britain not to make the same mistakes – and suffer the same fate – as ancient Rome. 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of their bequest to the British Museum.
Entrance Hall at Stourhead
Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution; a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Samuel Pepys never intended his famous diaries to be made public. But without them, we would be denied his very colourful eyewitness accounts of 17th Century London life...
"The 1.25 million words in Samuel Pepys' diaries give us the richest record we have of Britain in the 1660s," says co-curator Robert Blyth. "It was a terrifically turbulent and exciting time. You get the end of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell, the restoration of Charles II, and then the plague and the Great Fire of London. Pepys was there for it all."
AlanTitchmarsh celebrates the 300th anniversary of his horticultural hero by helping create one of Brown's lost masterpieces at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
Based on plans made for the 4th Duke of Rutland in 1780, recently rediscovered in the Belvoir archives.
This day in 1819 - the Peterloo Massacre.
Dozens of firefighters are fighting a blaze at an 18th century National Trust mansion. The fire is believed to have started in the basement of Clandon House before spreading to the roof.
Clandon House was built in the 1720s and contains a large collection of 18th century furniture, porcelain and textiles.
More here.
The flames appear to have gutted most of the inside.
Horses and Cattle by a River, George Barret Sr., 1777
The furious action between H.M.S. Mars and the French ‘74 Hercule off Brest on 21st April 1798
by John Christian Schetky, detail.
At a time of international conflict two centuries ago, did Britain assassinate an enemy agent while the world was looking the other way?
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Kett's History the Interpreter of Prophecy (1799), vols 1, 2, 3.
One of a long tradition of works attempting to interpret historical and current events as fulfilments of biblical prophecy. Not surprisingly, Kett equates revolutionary France with the "Infidel Power" which, together with "Popery" and "Mahometanism", constitute the Antichrist whose reign is supposed to precede the final triumph of Christianity at the "end time".
Possibly the first evidence of trainspotting.
A letter, complete with helpful diagram, sent by Jonathan Backhouse to his sisters describing the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway. This was the world's first public railway, and Backhouse's bank had helped finance it.
The large covered coach named "Experiment" had a table, cushioned seats and carpets. The other waggons were ordinary coal waggons - most had seats specially fitted for the occasion, but some carried coal and people sat on that.
Medieval architecture through engravings and photographs. The first set of pictures is by Thomas Hearne (1744 – 1817) and engraver William Byrne (1743–1805), from a series of historic monuments for The Antiquities of Great Britain. (You can see more on Medievalists).
The modern photos are from 1, 2, 3 respectively.
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria
Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire
Tynemouth Priory, Tyne and Wear
The Antiquities of Great Britain (1786) on the Internet Archive.
A pastel drawing of the full moon by John Russell (1745-1806)
The lunar crater Russell commemorates both John Russell and his American namesake Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957).
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