Ice-schoklis Icicles from a gargolye on Washington National Cathedral, detail. Photo by Linda Davidson (Washington Post, 2014) Our thoughts turn to ice and icicles in various forms these days, especially on the…

See my new post today on 'Ice-schoklis'! Find it at estheringlis.com/2026/01/29/i...

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A painting of a woman in a black (C16th English) dress with a white bodice and large white neck ruff, and a very tall black brimmed hat. Her hands are clasped in front of her, holding what appears to be a small red book against her waist. According to the National Galleries of Scotland object page for this work: "Painted at about the time of her marriage, Esther wears a necklace composed of several strands of tiny beads and on her left hand she has three rings. One has an amber-coloured stone in a conventional quatrefoil bezel. On her small finger is a plain double hoop and her thumb has another double hoop. This might have been her wedding ring, which some ladies of the period wore on the thumb, but the details are not distinct enough to show conclusively that it was."

This is also quite a #hat -

Self-portrait, 1595, by #EstherInglis (Franco-Scottish, 1569-1624). Held by National Galleries of Scotland, www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti... #artherstory #NationalHatDay

Women of Many Talents Calligrapher, limner, embroiderer, writer – those are all arts in which Esther Inglis engaged. She seems to have been unique in Britain at the time, so who were her cohorts? There must have b…

See my new blog post on "Multi-talented Women" featuring the current exhibition at #NMWA on women as artists, engravers, calligraphers, sculptors, embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. I place #EstherInglis within this coteree of talented Netherlandish women. estheringlis.com/2025/11/17/w...

The title page of a calligraphed manuscript, with text in capital letters within a box outlined in blue, surrounded by a thick border of flowers and butterflies, predominantly in blue, red and green against a gold background. Around the very edge of the illustration is a much narrower border of alternating red, green and gold diagonal stripes.

Title page to Cinquante octonaires sur la va [sic] vanite et inconstance du monde … 1607, calligraphed & illustrated by #EstherInglis (Franco-Scottish, 1570/1-1624). Held in the Royal Collection Trust, rct.uk/collection/1... #womenartists #artherstory

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Butterfly and Insects, c. 1655, NGA,DC

Clara Peeters, Still Life with Flowers surrounded by Insects and a Snail, c.1610. NGA, DC.

See new blogpost "Esther Inglis and 'Little Beasts'" on relationship of her work with that of Flemish nature artists of the time, based on extraordinary new exhibition at NGA DC. estheringlis.com/2025/05/29/e...
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An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c. 1570-1624) Join author Sara Sheridan & experts to explore calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion!

Spend your Saturday afternoon in good company with #EstherInglis, novelist Sara Sheridan in conversation with Anna Pike and Jamie Reid Baxter, along with poet Gerda Stevenson, and music by the White Rose Ensemble. St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. 2-4 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afterno...

Gender and the Book Trades "Gender and the Book Trades" published on 02 Dec 2024 by Brill.

Just arrived in the mail - new from #Brill Congratulations to #EliseWatson and #JessicaFarrellJobst for a big editorial job on 24 articles, including my piece on #EstherInglis, #embroidery, and #calligraphy. A couple of chapters for free here: brill.com/edcollbook/t...

University of Edinburgh Exhibitions | Rewriting the Script During the reign of King James VI/I, the daughter of two French refugees found safety in Scotland and became known within the royal court for the beauty of her handwriting. She earned money for her fa...

Marvel at #EstherInglis work in this fabulous online exhibition @ University of Edinburgh exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/...

Blogging Esther Three Very Special 1606 New Year's Gifts A New Years Guift for the Right Honorable And Virtuous . . . The Lady Erskine of Dirltoun. Newberry Library, Wing MS. miniature ZW 645.K29 Esther and her famil...

Blogging Esther
BY Georgianna Ziegler

Three Very Special 1606 New Year’s Gifts

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