Ricky Pound
@whitegoldsword1708.bsky.social
Interested in Jacobites and the 17th and 18th centuries- art, architecture, material culture, symbolism, JMW Turner, John Soane and ceramics. Historic House Manager.
Thank you Allison. I find it fascinating that Turner chose this theme of slaves being thrown overboard when he knew very well a major abolitionist convention was coming up and that the painting would sell. And indeed it did, to his friend John Ruskin.
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thank you Allison. I find it fascinating that Turner chose this theme of slaves being thrown overboard when he knew very well a major abolitionist convention was coming up and that the painting would sell. And indeed it did, to his friend John Ruskin.
O dear. Nazism in a different uniform.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
O dear. Nazism in a different uniform.