Workshop of Daniel #Mytens (ca.1590-ca.1647)
Portrait of #GeorgeVilliers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), who was #BornOnThisDay
17th century
Royal Museums Greenwich
#Villiers
Peter Paul #Rubens (1577–1640)
Portrait of #GeorgeVilliers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1625
Pollok House
#Villiers
#MichielvanMierevelt (1566-1641)
Portrait of #GeorgeVilliers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1625
Art Gallery of South Australia
#Villiers
#PaulvanSomer (1576/8–1622)
Portrait of #GeorgeVilliers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), who was #BornOnThisDay
Before 1621
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
#Villiers
"The world's a wood, in which all lose their way,
Though by a different path each goes astray."
✒ #GeorgeVilliers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, dramatist, and poet, was #BOTD 30 January 1628. #Poetry #Literature
A nearly 400 year old read from 1626. Wish I knew what it says.
@ukparliament.parliament.uk @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
#CharlesI #KingCharles #Parliament #History #Writing #17thcentury #Commons #England #King #Puritans #Thesenewpuritans #Georgevilliers
#Words #Handwriting
A nearly 400 year old read from 1626. Wish I knew what it says.
@ukparliament.parliament.uk
#CharlesI #KingCharles #Parliament #History #Writing #17thcentury #Commons #England #King #Georgevilliers
#Words #Handwriting
English aristocrat and politician George Villiers, who shagged his way into the court of King James I until he became 1st Duke of Buckingham, was BOTD in 1592. #georgevilliers #dukeofbuckingham #bornonthisday #badgays
It's been a day, so time for some #WhumpWednesday
#Jaskier #MalcolmBright #SoapMactavish #GeorgeVilliers
DYK bible-producer #KingJamesI declared he loved his favorite lover, #GeorgeVilliers? James said he was “neither a god nor an angel, but a man like any other”. Yet he allowed #QueerSex to remain a crime during his reign. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HappyPride #QueerHistory
#MichielvanMierevelt (1566-1641), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of #GeorgeVilliers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628)
Art Gallery of South Australia
#Mierevelt #Miereveld #Miereveldt
"Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them."
✒ #GeorgeVilliers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet, politician and rascally rake, passed away #OTD 16 April 1687. #Poetry #Literature
Walking into Portsmouth Cathedral visiting memorial for George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham & being sereneded by most heavenly music
#Portsmouth #Church #Churches #Georgevilliers #CharlesI #KingCharles #History #Music #Choral #Classical #Christianity #mementomori #England
youtu.be/_qXlk8uQggM?...
"The world's a wood, in which all lose their way,
Though by a different path each goes astray."
✒ #GeorgeVilliers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, dramatist, and poet, was #BOTD 30 January 1628. #Poetry #Literature
Lovely day and lovely people #masque #historicaldance #earlydance #earlymusic #jacobeancourt #georgevilliers
Yesterday's office
Despite the best efforts of #stormeowyn, a lovely day filming #jacobean #music #dance & #song for a programme about #georgevilliers for History Hit.
#earlymusic #musicianlife #musicianslife #history #historyhit #17thcentury #galliard #libelballads
Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers in the limited series Mary and George.
“The sodomite son with the gallows eyes.”
#GeorgeVilliers #MaryandGeorge #NicholasGalitzine #NickGalitzine
#art #traditional #sketch #portrait #drawing #pencil