Dr Helen Wilson
@NellytheWillow
Award winning biographer of the Pinwill sisters, Arts & Crafts woodcarvers. Churches, stained glass, all things Devon & Cornwall, birds, fungi.
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I K Brunel's Grade I listed Royal Albert Bridge opened #OnThisDay 1859 over the Tamar, Saltash. IK Brunel's chief assistant Robert Pearson Brereton. supervised much of the construction and represented Brunel at the opening due to his ill health.
it's #WorldTunaDay and once again we've delved into Cuvier's Le Règne Animal to find illustrations of tuna species (and one bonito) to celebrate these wonderful oceanic wanderers.
The Devonshire Association annual conferences are held in a different town/place in Devon each year. Our Sections produce reports on the town which collectively provide a useful introduction to the place. In 2019 we headed over the border: Launceston, History -. See devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/laun…
A small glass flask from the Commanding Officer’s House (Praetorium) at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Dating from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, the flask was found in a latrine drain. On display in the fort museum. #RomanFortThursday 📸 My own.
Terracotta plaque from Italy depicting life on the Nile. Dating from the 1st century AD, the plaque is part of the collections British Museum #ReliefWednesday #Rome 📸 My own.
#HillfortsWednesday
Castle Canyke, #Cornwall .
The hillfort survives as an oval enclosure measuring approximately 180m long by 135m wide defined by a single rampart bank of steep profile and up to 3m high.
#Archaeology #History
Popular perceptions of what Tudor buildings looked like are shaped by the mainly monochrome colours of what remains today. But the reality – of highly decorated, and often colourful, interiors – is very different. Dr 𝔇𝔯 𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞 𝔍. 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰 explores in Issue 12.
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The May Queen c1900 #GeorgeParlby designer #ThomasCowell painter Stained Glass Museum BSMGP
#MayDay #May1 #Beltane
#WindowsOnWednesday
Great west window, #MedievalGlass fragments, some faces and St John with his eagle
Winchester cathedral, #Hampshire
Venetian drawing room. #CarltonTowers , #Yorkshire . #EdwardWelbyPugin . 1871-74.
Carlton Towers CC
The Heraldry Society
Welcome to Yorkshire
#awnpugin #pugin #augustuspugin #gothicrevival #gothicrevival art #design #gothicrevival fireplace #heraldry #edwardpugin #pugin design #pugin carltontowers