Sheila O'Connell

@RichardParkins5 I should have identified @eloquentpeasant for those who didn't read @maevesthher's article - nms.ac.uk/collections-re…

@RichardParkins5 Well done, Margaret Maitland. Museums aren't just warehouses of objects. They need curators to research and reveal the histories that objects can tell.

A great story!

@1642Author Here's the @britishmuseum catalogue entry for the drawing britishmuseum.org/collection/obj… Rupert was also one of the first to make mezzotint prints. This is his greatest print "The 'Great Executioner" holding the head of John the Baptist britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

Sketches by Prince Rupert of the Rhine? The British Museum holds this sheet addressed to the prince, which seems to be the cover of a letter. It's possible that Rupert reused the paper to doodle away some of his spare time. #CavalierCommander #17thCentury

That didn't work, here's the link bigissue.com/opinion/lord-d…

Article by Lord Dubs is worth reading as a reminder to help people who need help. I came to the UK after fleeing Nazis. Government hostility towards today

We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak this Christmas so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you take a few seconds to help by following us and retweeting this?

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the Eu aren't I? Like if you do RT if you really do

Easier access to historic wills under new government plans gov.uk/government/new…

@neiljeffares Here's the proof @britishmuseum mezzotint by Valentine Green 1902,1011.2307

Posing as a Gulston brother for Francis Cotes

“Is it impossible to be a cartoonist in 2023?” For me it was too in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 ad infinitum.

@arthistorynews By charging, museums lose out on publicising collections. Authors reproduce prints in collections that don't charge. Who would know from recent books that @britishmuseum has great collections of prints by Durer, Rembrandt, Gillray, etc.?

Image Fees - there's an important development after a recent Court of Appeal ruling. It's Good News for historians and art historians (and art lovers generally). Long thread. >

Stop the Abstraction Plant at Teddington Weir and Releasing Treated Sewage into the River - Sign the Petition! chng.it/W6K9KdK8 via @UKChange Thames Water are planning to inflict more horror on our river - this time the Thames and its banks.

What we’ve learned so far at the Covid inquiry (turns out the Tories are terrible). With @GavinEsler

She’s blocked me, but I’m sure Baroness Mone is chuffed to feature in my 2023 1000 piece jigsaw. coldwarsteve.com/2023/11/04/the…

Taking tents away from rough sleepers - and punishing charities who give those tents out? What a cruel idea. It won't fix homelessness. It'll just make people's lives harder. Shame on you @SuellaBraverman. Sign now to get these plans scrapped: 38d.gs/aqtz

@sarah_____j Agreed. And look who is sitting behind him - just saying.

Did you know that the UK Government has abandoned its promise to consult on cages for farmed animals? Will you join me and tell Therese Coffey we want to end this cruel suffering now? #Endthecageage action.ciwf.org.uk/page/137340/ac…

I’ve posted this painting before over the years because no-one really knows what’s going on, but everyone seems to have a firm view about it! So, is she waving to the spectral child outside, or warning her, or maybe something else? ~ Vrel's mysterious ‘Woman at a Window’ (1650)

�Sign and share this urgent petition calling for a #CeasefireNow in Gaza and Israel - Sign the Petition! chng.it/F6B6wdkb via @UKChange