John McCafferty
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Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.
UCD, Ireland
Joined September 2015
A Spanish Cushion 1600s Silk velvet, silk satin appliqué, silk embroidery, galloon, tassels. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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A Cat with a Mouse Cornelis Bloemaert 1625 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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Holy Card with St. Clare of Assisi 1680s? Jan Baptist de Wael, 1632–1697. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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Chess & backgammon game board, 17thC Possibly made in Königsberg Amber, ivory, brass, ebony.
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Fragment of a wood-block print on linen. #Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s. (The Cleveland Museum of Art)
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Portrait of a Young Woman, aged 17 at time of sitting. Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger. Dated 1540-45. Attempts to identify her as Catherine Howard have not been definitive. Her clothes suggest high rank though. (Met Museum)
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Men Digging and Constructing a Wall Pietro da Cortona aka Pietro Berrettini, 1 Nov 1596 - 16 May 1669. (Met Museum)
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Gorget (for the neck ), from an Armour Garniture of Philip II of Austria, later ruled as king of Spain. c. 1548-1550 Attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid, active in Augsburg (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys, By Charles Le Brun, 1657 (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
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Saints of 25, 26, 27 Oct 17th century French calendar St Chrysanthus St Daria St Crispin St Crispinian Pope St Evaristus St Frumentius (British Museum)
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Alabaster panel of the Adoration of the Magi England, 15th century (British Museum)
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'Betwixt a subtile Priest & cursed Wife / I'm plagu'd for my transgression / The two great Follyes of my Life / Is Marriage & Confession.' c. 1681-1688 As we put in exam questions: 'discuss'. (British Museum)
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25 Oct 1586: The trial of Mary Queen of #Scots is moved to #Westminster Palace from Fotheringhay #otd
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25 Oct 1671: Margaret Fell holds the first Swarthmoor Quaker Women's monthly meeting #otd (BM)
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25 Oct: feast of St John Houghton, the prior of #London charterhouse. Executed for refusal to take Supremacy Oath, May 1535.
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25 Oct feast of St Crispin and St Crispinian #otd Twin martyrs of the late 3rd century (British Museum)
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A mid 17thC view of Hildegard of Bingen Illustration to Thomas Fuller's "The Holy State" (Cambridge: John Williams, 1642), p. 40. (British Museum)
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