It’s been a little while since my last round-up – but I hope this nest of tweets wait was worth the wait.
First up, the fascinating story of the artist, two sisters and their mother.
Portrait of the Regency: An Artist’s Love Story https://t.co/TqMdswBE0a via @AngelynSchmid
— Lauren Gilbert (@LaurenGilbert9) February 15, 2016
Makes you wonder what William Heath had ingested before he got his crayons out:
Heath’s wonderful 1829 pre-rail vision of transport of the future even includes bat-plane for transporting convicts pic.twitter.com/tmnuETgGr1
— J. of Art in Society (@artinsociety) February 12, 2016
A reminder that human nature being what it is, “good old days” never existed:
The Mystery of the Murdered #Priest @amebuckley https://t.co/ZzUvBGn0al #regency pic.twitter.com/wjFIVxm9qx
— Geri Walton (@18thCand19thC) February 12, 2016
A thought on how we got here:
Georgian jailbirds & celebrity highwaymen shaped modern Britain, according to our historian https://t.co/yge8SImhEl pic.twitter.com/QfZkfwsVcf
— Sheffield Uni news (@ShefUniNews) February 2, 2016
Part 2 of Eleanor Fitzsimons essay on 1816, the Year Without a Summer (Part 1 is just as good):
Second part of @EleanorFitz‘s essay on 1816, ‘The Year without a Summer’ now published: https://t.co/FpXm5VS388. #InThisYear
— Romantic Studies (@BARS_official) February 2, 2016
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