John McCafferty
@jdmccafferty.bsky.social
A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Wednesday 26 Nov, Dublin
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wednesday 26 Nov, Dublin
Anne Carew, Lady Apsley, née Anne Bell, daughter of Sir Peter Carew & second wife of Sir Allen Apsley, 1606 (National Trust Images)
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Anne Carew, Lady Apsley, née Anne Bell, daughter of Sir Peter Carew & second wife of Sir Allen Apsley, 1606 (National Trust Images)
Princess Elizabeth Stewart, 1596–1662, (later Elizabeth of Bohemia), Aged Seven by Robert Peake (National Maritime Museum)
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Princess Elizabeth Stewart, 1596–1662, (later Elizabeth of Bohemia), Aged Seven by Robert Peake (National Maritime Museum)
Armed Britannia Surveying Her Navies [reverse of a medal of Charles II], 1667 by Jan Roettiers (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Armed Britannia Surveying Her Navies [reverse of a medal of Charles II], 1667 by Jan Roettiers (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
25 Nov 1566: Adam Loftus Archbishop #Dublin, first Provost of Trinity College Dublin admitted DD at #Cambridge #otd (TCD)
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
25 Nov 1566: Adam Loftus Archbishop #Dublin, first Provost of Trinity College Dublin admitted DD at #Cambridge #otd (TCD)
Spruce tree (Picea abies). 1495-1500
Albrecht Dürer (British Museum)
Albrecht Dürer (British Museum)
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Spruce tree (Picea abies). 1495-1500
Albrecht Dürer (British Museum)
Albrecht Dürer (British Museum)
A Bektaşı dervish holding a gold wolf-head staff and a scroll. From "The Habits of the Grand Signor's Court", c. 1620 (British Museum)
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A Bektaşı dervish holding a gold wolf-head staff and a scroll. From "The Habits of the Grand Signor's Court", c. 1620 (British Museum)
25 Nov 1644: Oliver Cromwell spends most of the day in the House of Commons condemning the military record of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of #Manchester #otd
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
25 Nov 1644: Oliver Cromwell spends most of the day in the House of Commons condemning the military record of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of #Manchester #otd
25 Nov 1566: John Heminges editor of the #Shakespeare First Folio is baptised #otd at #Droitwich #Worcestershire (Beinecke/Nicholas Jackson)
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
25 Nov 1566: John Heminges editor of the #Shakespeare First Folio is baptised #otd at #Droitwich #Worcestershire (Beinecke/Nicholas Jackson)
25 Nov 1638: b. Catherine of Braganza.
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
25 Nov 1638: b. Catherine of Braganza.
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
Roelant Savery, Peasants Dancing outside a Bohemian Inn, c. 1610. The overhead walkway looks particularly alluring... (Mauritshuis, The Hague)
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Roelant Savery, Peasants Dancing outside a Bohemian Inn, c. 1610. The overhead walkway looks particularly alluring... (Mauritshuis, The Hague)
25 Nov 1607: The Ulster Earls O'Neill & O'Donnell leave #Leuven #otd Despite their intention of going to #Spain they ended up in #Rome. The only eyewitness account of their ‘turas’ or journey by Tadhg Ó Cianáin is held @ucdarchives.bsky.social s & also digitised on @DIAS_ISOS
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
25 Nov 1607: The Ulster Earls O'Neill & O'Donnell leave #Leuven #otd Despite their intention of going to #Spain they ended up in #Rome. The only eyewitness account of their ‘turas’ or journey by Tadhg Ó Cianáin is held @ucdarchives.bsky.social s & also digitised on @DIAS_ISOS
Brass candlestick in the shape of a bearded man holding candle sockets in his outstretched hands, German, early - mid 16th century
(V&A Museum, London)
(V&A Museum, London)
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Brass candlestick in the shape of a bearded man holding candle sockets in his outstretched hands, German, early - mid 16th century
(V&A Museum, London)
(V&A Museum, London)
Woman Cutting Her Nails, early 17th century
Workshop of Barthélemy Prieur
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Workshop of Barthélemy Prieur
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woman Cutting Her Nails, early 17th century
Workshop of Barthélemy Prieur
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Workshop of Barthélemy Prieur
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Candlestick, probably from the Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, c. 1600 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Candlestick, probably from the Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, c. 1600 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Philip II of Spain, 1566 By Alonso Sánchez Coello (Kunstshistorisches Museum Wien)
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Philip II of Spain, 1566 By Alonso Sánchez Coello (Kunstshistorisches Museum Wien)
Infante Don Carlos, 1564 By Alonso Sánchez Coello Carlos died on 24 July 1568, having led a very troubled life, punctuated by long bouts of illness and a serious head injury in 1562. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Infante Don Carlos, 1564 By Alonso Sánchez Coello Carlos died on 24 July 1568, having led a very troubled life, punctuated by long bouts of illness and a serious head injury in 1562. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Portraits of the Princes Palatine, Charles-Louis I, elector (1617-1680) & of his brother Robert (1619-1682)
Antony van Dyck, 1637 (Musée du Louvre)
Antony van Dyck, 1637 (Musée du Louvre)
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portraits of the Princes Palatine, Charles-Louis I, elector (1617-1680) & of his brother Robert (1619-1682)
Antony van Dyck, 1637 (Musée du Louvre)
Antony van Dyck, 1637 (Musée du Louvre)
25 Nov 1555: John Feckenham, future #Benedictine & Mary I’s confessor preaches at Paul’s Cross #otd in favour of the return of all church property confiscated by Henry VIII & Edward VI
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
25 Nov 1555: John Feckenham, future #Benedictine & Mary I’s confessor preaches at Paul’s Cross #otd in favour of the return of all church property confiscated by Henry VIII & Edward VI
Allégorie de l'hiver (et de l'amour)
Date de création/fabrication: vers 1625 - 1630. Abraham Bloemaert (Musée du Louvre)
Date de création/fabrication: vers 1625 - 1630. Abraham Bloemaert (Musée du Louvre)
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Allégorie de l'hiver (et de l'amour)
Date de création/fabrication: vers 1625 - 1630. Abraham Bloemaert (Musée du Louvre)
Date de création/fabrication: vers 1625 - 1630. Abraham Bloemaert (Musée du Louvre)
Winter Landscape,
Joos de Momper the younger, c. 1620-1629 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD)
Joos de Momper the younger, c. 1620-1629 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD)
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Winter Landscape,
Joos de Momper the younger, c. 1620-1629 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD)
Joos de Momper the younger, c. 1620-1629 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD)