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Brother of the More Famous Jan
One of the treasures of the Fairhaven Bequest at the Fitzwilliam Museum is the series of twelve flower paintings, one for each month of the year, by van Huysum. Until a few days ago, I had assumed that the artist … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bibliography, Biography, Botany, Cambridge, Gardens, History, London, Museums and Galleries, Natural history, Printing and Publishing, The Netherlands, Uncategorized
Tagged flower paintings, Jacob van Huysum, Jan Van Huysum, John Martyn, Robert Walpole, South Sea Compnay
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Not So Much a Blog Post …
More a sales pitch, to be honest. Long-time readers may remember that I usually have a stall at Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge in aid of the wonderful charity EdUKaid. This year, for the second year running, it has … Continue reading
An Instance of Polyonymy
Jan Gossart, Jan Gossaert van Mabuse, Jan Gossaert van Mauberge, Jan Gossart van Mabuse, Jan Gossart van Mauberge, Joannes Malbodius, Jan Mabuse – and indeed Jennyn van Hennegouwe – are all names of the same painter (born c. 1478, died … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biography, Museums and Galleries, The Netherlands, Uncategorized, Venice
Tagged Adoration of the Kings, Flemish painting, Jan Gossart, Mauberge, oil painting
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Plant of the Month: July 2021
It’s ages (November 2020, to be precise) since I did one of these, and I’m not sure whether to blame lockdown apathy or too much to do in the garden, but I got my mojo back (never quite sure what … Continue reading
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Tagged botany, Chamisso, Eschscholtz, Kotzebue, north-east passage, plant of the month, taxonomy
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Almost a Year …
In 2017, I photographed one conifer @CUBotanicGarden once a month. I have to admit that the result was not completely gripping, so I thought that for 2018 I would track the development of the laid hedge there. I failed at … Continue reading
Posted in Botany, Cambridge, Gardens, Natural history, Uncategorized
Tagged Cambride University Botanic Garden, hedges, seasons
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Commuting in Cycle City
Those of my readers old enough to remember the craze for Citizens’ Band Radio in the 1980s will probably know that the ‘call-sign’ (if that’s the right word) for Cambridge was ‘Cycle City’. If you google ‘cycle city’ these days, … Continue reading
Mariana Starke
Miss Starke (sometimes given the ‘courtesy’ title of Mrs) had the great good fortune to have relatives who needed nursing in a benign climate abroad. (Less good luck for the relatives, obviously.) As a consequence, instead of staying in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biography, France, History, Italy, Museums and Galleries, Uncategorized, Venice
Tagged France, guidebooks, Italy, John Murray, Mariana Starke, Richard Phillips, travel guides
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Object of the Month: May 2018
How many bear jugs does one person need in his or her life? The answer, in the case of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (about whom I have written before), appears to be at least twelve. This is the number bequeathed by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cambridge, History, London, Museums and Galleries, Natural history, Uncategorized
Tagged animal cruelty, Bankside, bear jugs, bear-baiting, ceramics, Fitzwilliam Museum, Shakespeare's London
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Burkat Shudi
I had been vaguely aware for some time that there existed in London in the eighteenth century a harpsichord-maker called Burkat Shudi. On 12 March I noticed that his date of birth was 13 March 1702. On 13 March I … Continue reading
Elphamy
Some of you may know that as well this blog, I also have a Twitter account (@Prof_hedgehog), via which I occasionally share thoughts with the universe, but more regularly tweet about things that happened #OTD, including a Saint of the … Continue reading
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