Terence Kerr

Such pleasure in looking.

Dad designed this gate which is seen here with its maker. The leaves are copper.

@lippyent Windows 001

What's the first thing that pops in your 🧠? Hmm 😒 🤔?¿

Did you know there were Americans who defected during the Korean War and ended up living in China?

Roman grave monument for a horse. The epitaph reads: 'You once outran the wandering birds and beat the northwest winds, now you graze no longer in Tuscan woods and Siculan fields, but rest stabled in this tomb.'

@TheFigen_ I won't say that I bet she's got a prickly pair.

No way! On what occasion would you wear this?

The Dolls Hospital, Drury Hill, #Nottingham, 1960s. Credit: Nottingham Historical Film Unit

18th-century tricycle replica: stable three wheels, central pedals chained to the rear—England's road-ready velocipede from the late 1700s! Patented 1818 by Denis Johnson, safer than draisines, opening cycling to women & novices. #BikeHistory #VintageTech

Woman in a early biker outfit rides her Pfeil motorcycle, 1905.

@HistorylandHQ Hell's Handlebars.

War and Peace is 1,200 pages, and Tolstoy wrote every word by hand.

@athenaeumbc Just type this up, would you, dear ...

@NoContextBrits They perhaps meant to say "Count"? OK so they didn't.

British graffiti. Best in the world.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. A woman posting letter in London during the Blitz for a photo shoot for Vogue magazine (1940). 📷 Cecil Beaton

@FXMC1957 Classy!

@WorkElizab Please, please don't paint it.

I found this beautiful vintage dresser with mirror at a garage sale last weekend… it had to come home with me 😍 Should I paint it or keep it as is?

In the 16th century, the Venetian lawyer Odorico Pillone owned an extensive library, amassed on his family estate near Venice. In the 1580s, he decided to further enhance his collection by decorating sections of pages with various artistic illustrations, books at that time were often simply kept on shelves. The Italian graphic designer and painter Cesare Vecellio (1521–1601), a cousin of Titian, was chosen as the artist. In total, he illustrated 172 volumes. The themes of the illustrations were related to the content of the books themselves (which was convenient, as it made it easy to find a specific topic). According to Pillone, the painted pages transformed the library into a unique art gallery.

1923 VIAG "wheelless truck": 5t payload, articulated legs, forgotten Dieselpunk proto! Smooth 40s orig. footage. #TechHistory #Steampunk

Cats in Kazakhstan organically celebrating the Nauryz spring festival in traditional Central Asia cat costumes (photo not staged)