art

SHW once more

Jun 29, 2018

anniversaries, art

cartoons, humour, Lady Margaret Beaufort
Oh dear, not a handsome Stanley….!

Jun 27, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry

Colham Manor, Henry Stanley, Hillingdon, memorial brass, Stanleys, Thomas Lord Stanley, tombs

Memorial brasses aren’t always kind to the deceased, but this one is downright cruel. I know the man was a Stanley, but even so…well, he looks like the back end of a bus. A bow-legged bus at that. (I know buses don’t have legs, but I’m sure you know what I mean!)
Richard in later life….?

Jun 17, 2018

Alternative History, art

altered portraits, Richard III

I have often wondered what Richard might have looked like had he triumphed at Bosworth and lived on into the 16th century. He would have had another queen, of course, and probably another family. . .and he would have worn clothes that we are inclined to term “Tudor”. They wouldn’t be known by that name…
SHW on Stoke Field

Jun 16, 2018

anniversaries, art, battles

cartoons, Henry VII, humour, John Earl of Lincoln, Richard III, SHW, Stoke Field
CROSBY PLACE – HOME TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER 1483

Jun 5, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings, heraldry, sources

Anne Neville, Bastard of Fauconberg, Baynard’s Castle, Bishopsgate, Crosby Hall, East India Company, Edward of Middleham, Henry VII, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Stow, London Bridge, Middleham, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Sir John Crosby, Three Estates, tombs, WE Hampton, windows

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/18/crosby-place-home-to-the-duke-and-duchess-of-gloucester/ The arms of Richard III in Crosby Hall On June 5th 1483 the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in London and joined her husband at Crosby Place (1). She had left both her small son and and home at Middleham to join her husband, who had been staying…
Just like buses …

Apr 28, 2018

anniversaries, art, Book Reviews, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, Science

“Princes”, books, Cecily Duchess of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, John Ashdown-Hill, Richard III, Tower of London

… you wait over a year for a new book from John Ashdown-Hill and two turn up almost together: Cecily Neville (left) on 30 April and those “Princes” on 15 July, with another volume on Elizabeth Wydeville to follow …
Cardinal Wolsey’s “angels” to go on display….

Apr 26, 2018

art, battles, buildings, Events, religion

angels, Battle of Bosworth, Benedetto da Rovezzano, English Civil War, Harrowden Hall, Henry VIII, Leicester, Leicester Abbey, New Walk Museum, sculptures, The Newarke, Thomas Wolsey, tombs, Victoria and Albert Museum, Windsor Castle

“Sculptures of angels designed for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey and then lost for hundreds of years will go on display next week. “The Wolsey Angels will be exhibited at New Walk Museum from Saturday, April 28, as part of a touring exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.” This link also contains…
SHW strikes again

Apr 15, 2018

anniversaries, art

Beaufort family., cartoons, castles, Catherine de Roet, France, Henry IV, humour, John of Gaunt, Richard II

Today in 1367, Henry IV was born:
What if Henry VII had been good-looking and charming….?

Apr 1, 2018

art, battles

avarice, Battle of Bosworth, cowardice, Elizabeth I, Henry VII, Richard III, Sir William Stanley

It occurred to me today that when it comes to being so very supportive of Richard III, we are helped (in a manner of speaking) by Henry Tudor being such a visual horror. Yes, truly. He was ugly inside and out. Loathsome. And his legacy of the House of Tudor was only brightened by Elizabeth…
An Easter exhibition

Mar 23, 2018

art, buildings, Events

children, collage, dressing up, exhibitions, Lego, Leicester, painting, Richard III, Visitors Centre

From Saturday to Easter Monday, the Richard III Visitor Centre will have a special interactive exhibition for children, including the chance to build the King from Lego bricks or to illustrate him in other ways.