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The Mid-Anglia branch of the Richard III Society descended on Bury St Edmunds on Saturday the 12th September. We were lucky enough to have another brilliantly sunny day with no sign of rain and met up in Starbuck’s just across from our first and main objective, the Moyse’s Hall Museum. This museum is housed in…
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Pieter Bruegel the Younger, “Spring”, c. 1600 So Richard got up one December morning, and thought, “By all the saints, I fancy some asparagus today.” Er, sorry, sire, it’s the wrong time of the year. Hmm, the royal taste buds are well and truly thwarted. Being king didn’t quite get you all you wanted. Today…
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The following article is not about this version of More’s fiction, but is to highlight two illustrations from within its pages. However, I could not resist including the only review. The History of King Richard the Third: A Reading Edition By Sir Thomas More, Saint. Copyright 2005, George M. Logan. Indiana University Press. The…
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It was my privilege to interview Riikka Nikko, one of the youngest and most gifted artists on the Ricardian scene today. Her work, Ricardian and otherwise, can be found in newspapers, magazines, book covers and throughout social media and the internet. In particular, her depictions of King Richard the Third express an emotional charge that is as…
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There is a new art exhibition about Richard III in Leicester. See http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Richard-III-art-exhibition-opens-Leicester/story-26451246-detail/story.html#ixzz3ZRAJY43U After you’ve fought past the Leicester Mercury’s Iron Curtain of ads, the text of the article is as follows: “A unique series of paintings created around the reinterment of King Richard III has gone on display at a city centre gallery. “Local…
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For over five hundred years, Richard the Third has been the subject of much good and bad art. Perhaps the most famous image is the National Portrait Gallery portrait which hangs in a prominent spot (after years of being shunted into a busy stairwell at the entryway) and has for many years intrigued casual visitors…
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Browsing for one thing and finding something else seems to be a common phenomenon, and sometimes I’m not sure if what I notice is right or not. Anyway, this morning I happened upon a portrait of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, daughter of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York. Therefore granddaughter of Edward IV. The…
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Yet again, while browsing around for something else, I happened upon this painting, which is of interest because of the suggestion that it is, in fact, an early portrait of Richard’s sister, Margaret of York/Burgundy. I found it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Altarpiece_(Memling) It is a detail from the Saint John Altarpiece by Hans Memling (sometimes the ‘Triptych of…
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Chatting with California artist Karen King (2013) Rather by accident the work of California artist Karen King came to my attention via her magnificent painting, Richard and Anne. Inspired by a passage from The Sunne in Splendour, Sharon Kay Penman’s epic novel of Richard III, it depicts the then Duke of Gloucester and his future…
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How intriguing that guns were used fairly early on in medieval times, but only today has a portion of evidence been discovered in England. Illustrations have long since been proof, but to actually have a piece of the action at last is quite a discovery. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/video-nasty-yorkshire-life-in-the-age-of-chivalry-1-7155849 There is another article on the same matter, but the link…
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