#OTD in 1801 – The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins.
James Napper Tandy was born in the Cornmarket area of Dublin in 1740; one of three children born to James Tandy, an iron works merchant, and Maria Bella Jenkins. Tandy received his education at the Quaker boarding school in Ballitore, Kildare, amongst its alumni Edmund Burke, a champion of Catholic emancipation and a supporter of American independence.
Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he…
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Come tell us how you slew
Them old Arabs two by two
Like Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows
How bravely you faced each one
With your sixteen pounder gun
And you frightened them damn natives to their marrow
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Gaelic Song Moodboards // Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn (We Have Brought the Summer In)
Samhradh buí na nóinín glégeal, thugamar féin an samhradh linn.
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Happy queen’s death day!! 🥰
Perfect time for this banger
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#OTD in 1920 – Following a mutiny in India by soldiers of the Connaught Rangers in protest at events in Ireland, Private James Daly is court-martialled and executed by firing squad.
The Connaught Rangers (‘The Devil’s Own’) was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), which gained a reputation both for indiscipline and for its prowess as shock troops and street fighters with the bayonet while serving under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War in Spain.
It was one of eight Irish regiments…
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❌Not A Rothko❌
This is NOT a Rothko. A lot of people out there are claiming it was painted by the King of Color Fields. Nope, I do like it, but it's obviously not a Rothko.
Neither are the two below
Not a Rothko, but I love it! Luckily I was able to find out who painted this one. Her name is Susan Wolfe Huppman and the title of her painting is "Pink Rothko." I think she's a lot better than the first artist.
Susan Wolfe Huppman - "Rothko Wall Candy" - 2019 - Oil on canvas - 36" x 36" - It's cool, but Pink Rothko is my favorite of her color fields.
This is another of her color fields titled "Karma" - oil on canvas - 48" x 36" 🔽
She is really good, here's more of her stuff 🔽
Susan Wolfe Huppman - Everyday -2023
acrylic on canvas - 48" x 48"
Can't put my finger on it, but there is something I really like about "Everyday." & "Carousel" -> below 🔽
Carousel - 2017
Acrylic on canvas - 60" x 48"
Susan Wolfe Huppman - Flower Bomb - 2023
Acrylic on canvas - 58" x 58"
Susan Wolfe Huppman - Pay Attention -2018
oil on canvas -48" x 36"
🔼 This is one of her chromas - Life On Mars - 2020
oil on panel - 28" x 24"
Another chroma - Night Lights - 2018
oil on canvas - 30 x 30
One more from her Chroma gallery:
Nothing is the Same - 2020
oil on canvas - 30" x 30"
I was surprised to be so transfixed by one of her neutrals 🔽
Tone Poem - 2020
acrylic on canvas - 36" x 36"
Susan Wolfe Huppman
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It's so funny to me when people post about how "the horrors" is their favourite Tumblr Phrase™ that tumblr came up with. they don't know that that was one of father of Irish republicanism Theobald Wolfe Tone's favourite ways to describe his general situation from 1795 - 1798
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