Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell — who died #onthisday in 1922 — goes to kiss his wife Mabel while she stands in one of his spectacular tetrahedral kites. See more of these wonderful creations (and the kiss realised) in our post here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/alexander-graham-bell-s-tetrahedral-kites-1903-9 #OTD
The Great Norway Serpent, or Sea Orm, is the most famous of the many influential sea monsters depicted and described by 16th-century ecclesiastic, cartographer, and historian Olaus Magnus, who died #onthisday in 1557. Joseph Nigg explores: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/olaus-magnus-sea-serpent #OTD
Details from The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke by the British painter Richard Dadd, born #onthisday in 1817. Read more on the man and his mesmerising work in Nicholas Tromans' essay — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/richard-dadds-master-stroke #OTD
The great US novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville was born #onthisday in 1819. His last long-form work was the epic poem Clarel, published in 1876 and coming in at a colossal 18,000 lines. @JWheelwrite explores: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-skeptical-pilgrim-melvilles-clarel #otd
The Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and heartthrob Franz Liszt died #onthisday in 1886. Leon Botstein explores what we can still learn from the life and music of "possibly the greatest pianist that has ever lived” — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/what-makes-franz-liszt-still-important #OTD
42 years ago today
Hüsker Dü at the junkyard photo shoot for Zen Arcade, July 31, 1984
Photo by Mark Peterson
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hüskerdü #huskerdu #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Born #onthisday in 1844, English poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins. Celebrate with a read of our essay "The Krakatoa Sunsets" by Richard Hamblyn which explores a little-known series of letters that the poet sent in to the journal Nature: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-krakatoa-sunsets?utm_content=buffer4579f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer #OTD
Happy birthday Beatrix Potter, born #onthisday in 1866. Here she is as teenager with her pet mouse Xarifa. More in our essay on her life by the late Frank Delaney: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-tale-of-beatrix-potter #otd
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Came ye by Killiecrankie, O?
—“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819).
The Battle of Killiecrankie ⚔️ was fought #OTD, 27 July, 1689. A Jacobite force led by Ewan Cameron of Lochiel & Viscount Dundee defeated a Scottish government army commanded by Hugh Mackay
#Scottish #literature #EarlyModern #17thcentury #battle #Jacobite #song #folksong
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Came ye by Killiecrankie, O?
—“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819).
The Battle of Killiecrankie ⚔️ was fought #OTD, 27 July, 1689. A Jacobite force led by Ewan Cameron of Lochiel & Viscount Dundee defeated a Scottish government army commanded by Hugh Mackay
#Scottish #literature #EarlyModern #17thcentury #battle #Jacobite #song #folksong