Chiara Betti
@chiara-betti.bsky.social
Curatorial Research Assistant (Society of Antiquaries of London)
AHRC CDP PhD Student at SAS and the Bodleian Libraries, studying Richard Rawlinson's #copperplates
Art historian & print historian.
Instagram: @rascal_art_historian
AHRC CDP PhD Student at SAS and the Bodleian Libraries, studying Richard Rawlinson's #copperplates
Art historian & print historian.
Instagram: @rascal_art_historian
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October 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
With our Past Matters events, you can redeem your ticket for an exclusive 20% discount for Afternoon Tea at the elegant 5-Star St. James’s Hotel & Club in Mayfair! Find out more at the following link: www.sal.org.uk/support-us/p...
Rant alert! How is it possible to ask a 220 euros fee for reproducing an image - a SINGLE, SOLITARY IMAGE - in an academic article? How is this fostering research and the exchange of knowledge? I won't name the museum, but they have been pretty determined in gatekeeping their collections.
Angry Anger GIF
ALT: Angry Anger GIF
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August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rant alert! How is it possible to ask a 220 euros fee for reproducing an image - a SINGLE, SOLITARY IMAGE - in an academic article? How is this fostering research and the exchange of knowledge? I won't name the museum, but they have been pretty determined in gatekeeping their collections.
June 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨It's a bit of a long shot, but can anyone recognise the MS from which this was copied? It's supposed to be from the Treaty of Chartres (or Montreuil, 1299). One of the men is Edward I. The images of the #copperplates have been flipped.
#printstudies #bookhistory
#printstudies #bookhistory
June 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨It's a bit of a long shot, but can anyone recognise the MS from which this was copied? It's supposed to be from the Treaty of Chartres (or Montreuil, 1299). One of the men is Edward I. The images of the #copperplates have been flipped.
#printstudies #bookhistory
#printstudies #bookhistory
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Our Curatorial Research Assistant is surveying our prints & drawings collection to uncover just how many we have to be officially catalogued. So far over 40,000 prints & drawings have been found, with the total estimate around 55,000! We're looking forward to seeing what gems will be found.
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our Curatorial Research Assistant is surveying our prints & drawings collection to uncover just how many we have to be officially catalogued. So far over 40,000 prints & drawings have been found, with the total estimate around 55,000! We're looking forward to seeing what gems will be found.
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This one of the 40,000 surveyed at this point, an illustrated print showing the sudatorium discovered at Bath in 1727. Drawn by Bernard Lens, it was originally in the collection of the Earl of Oxford.
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This one of the 40,000 surveyed at this point, an illustrated print showing the sudatorium discovered at Bath in 1727. Drawn by Bernard Lens, it was originally in the collection of the Earl of Oxford.
Hot off the press! 🔥 Grab the latest issue of The Book Collector to read about my exciting discoveries on the Rawlinson #printingplates
May 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hot off the press! 🔥 Grab the latest issue of The Book Collector to read about my exciting discoveries on the Rawlinson #printingplates
🚨Can anyone recommend some readings on female vs male portraits in the early modern period?🚨 I'm interested in the different ways in which men and women were depicted and why (in interiors, exteriors, near their desk, bookshelves, etc.)
Maybe @artherstory.bsky.social can help me?
Maybe @artherstory.bsky.social can help me?
March 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨Can anyone recommend some readings on female vs male portraits in the early modern period?🚨 I'm interested in the different ways in which men and women were depicted and why (in interiors, exteriors, near their desk, bookshelves, etc.)
Maybe @artherstory.bsky.social can help me?
Maybe @artherstory.bsky.social can help me?
Can anyone help decipher at least part of this lettering? The image is a rendering of the verso of a #printing plate in the Rawlinson collection.
February 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can anyone help decipher at least part of this lettering? The image is a rendering of the verso of a #printing plate in the Rawlinson collection.
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That's a fish painted in the 1780s. A still life by Giuseppe Artioli. And there is also a used handmade paper sheet, with calculations on it. In #earlymodern Europe, paper was used and re-used regularly.
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#PaperHistory #skystorians
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#PaperHistory #skystorians
May 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
That's a fish painted in the 1780s. A still life by Giuseppe Artioli. And there is also a used handmade paper sheet, with calculations on it. In #earlymodern Europe, paper was used and re-used regularly.
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#PaperHistory #skystorians
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#PaperHistory #skystorians
It is very pleasing to see that when looking for literature to support my argument, Google Scholar suggests the stuff I wrote. Not very helpful, though.
#phd #phdlife #writing
#phd #phdlife #writing
a man in a sweater says thank you so much for this in yellow letters
ALT: a man in a sweater says thank you so much for this in yellow letters
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February 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In case you needed a cross-stitching pattern with Napoleon, you can find it at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social 🤣
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In case you needed a cross-stitching pattern with Napoleon, you can find it at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social 🤣
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24 Jan 1684: John Evelyn notes in his Diary #otd that the shops on the Thames extended 'to a printing presse, where the people & ladys tooke a fansy to have their names printed & the day & yeare set downe, when printed on the Thames' Printing on ice! (British Museum)
January 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
24 Jan 1684: John Evelyn notes in his Diary #otd that the shops on the Thames extended 'to a printing presse, where the people & ladys tooke a fansy to have their names printed & the day & yeare set downe, when printed on the Thames' Printing on ice! (British Museum)
January 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Can any of my clever friends identify this plate or the publication in which it was used? It must date before 1670, as the recto of the plate has an etching by Hollar published that year.
The image was flipped and turned into greyscale.
#BlocksPlatesStones #phd #research #printingplates
The image was flipped and turned into greyscale.
#BlocksPlatesStones #phd #research #printingplates
January 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Can any of my clever friends identify this plate or the publication in which it was used? It must date before 1670, as the recto of the plate has an etching by Hollar published that year.
The image was flipped and turned into greyscale.
#BlocksPlatesStones #phd #research #printingplates
The image was flipped and turned into greyscale.
#BlocksPlatesStones #phd #research #printingplates
Am I the only one who thinks that £7.9 for a cappuccino+pastry or £5.5 for a Pret sandwich is criminal?
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying this is unacceptable .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying this is unacceptable .
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December 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Am I the only one who thinks that £7.9 for a cappuccino+pastry or £5.5 for a Pret sandwich is criminal?
Just opened my mailbox to discover that my first article has been published today! If you want to know more about the Society of Antiquaries' printing plates and their relevance for antiquarian & scientific illustration head to doi.org/10.1017/S000...
LOST TREASURES RESURFACE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES’ PRINTING PLATES | The Antiquaries Journal | Cambridge Core
LOST TREASURES RESURFACE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES’ PRINTING PLATES
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December 11, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Just opened my mailbox to discover that my first article has been published today! If you want to know more about the Society of Antiquaries' printing plates and their relevance for antiquarian & scientific illustration head to doi.org/10.1017/S000...
A couple of snaps from yesterday's conference ARCHiOx 'Seeing the unseen'
at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Well done, Mark Crosby and Angelamaria Aceto for such mind-blowing papers!
at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Well done, Mark Crosby and Angelamaria Aceto for such mind-blowing papers!
December 3, 2024 at 3:20 PM
A couple of snaps from yesterday's conference ARCHiOx 'Seeing the unseen'
at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Well done, Mark Crosby and Angelamaria Aceto for such mind-blowing papers!
at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Well done, Mark Crosby and Angelamaria Aceto for such mind-blowing papers!
November 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Had a wonderful day at Waddesdon Manor with my dear friend and PhD colleague Marie Giraud. It was great to have the Rothschild library or ourselves and get some writing done
#phd #academiclife #printhistorian
#phd #academiclife #printhistorian
November 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Had a wonderful day at Waddesdon Manor with my dear friend and PhD colleague Marie Giraud. It was great to have the Rothschild library or ourselves and get some writing done
#phd #academiclife #printhistorian
#phd #academiclife #printhistorian
First post here! Trying to migrate from the other place...
Fantastic talks yesterday at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social on the occasion of "Reading in the Woods". It's always amazing to hear about new discoveries on #woodblocks and #printing things.
Fourth photo: special guest of the day ❤️
Fantastic talks yesterday at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social on the occasion of "Reading in the Woods". It's always amazing to hear about new discoveries on #woodblocks and #printing things.
Fourth photo: special guest of the day ❤️
November 10, 2024 at 11:31 AM
First post here! Trying to migrate from the other place...
Fantastic talks yesterday at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social on the occasion of "Reading in the Woods". It's always amazing to hear about new discoveries on #woodblocks and #printing things.
Fourth photo: special guest of the day ❤️
Fantastic talks yesterday at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social on the occasion of "Reading in the Woods". It's always amazing to hear about new discoveries on #woodblocks and #printing things.
Fourth photo: special guest of the day ❤️