Hidden Treasures
Our man, The Chimney, has been out and about and has come across a couple of little treasures…. Those of […]
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Sarcophagus of Pabasa 656-640BC #museumfact
Pabasa was the most powerful male official of his day in Upper Egypt. Pharoah Psamtek I appointed him as Great […]
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Glen Massan by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)
Gustave Doré was born in Strasbourg in January 1832 and was a child prodigy who was drawing from the age […]
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Le Mariage de Convenance 1883 William Quiller Orchardson
Sir William Quiller Orchardson was born in Edinburgh in 1835. He moved to London in 1862 and among his fellow […]
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The Annunciation 1493 – Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
In this wonderfully realistic depiction of three dimensional space the Angel Gabriel hurries to tell the Virgin Mary that she […]
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