Tag: 1642
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Inconsistency as an old art form
I like to think I’m quite good at a lot of things. I actually like to think that I’m extremely good at a lot of things. But, in reality, and if I’m being one hundred per cent honest, I know that I’m not. Sometimes I’m better than others, sometimes worse. Sometimes I’m so terrible I…
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Chamaeleon: A Rogue Planet
You don’t really think of the early Seventeenth Century and connect it to a multi national corporation. Well, I don’t, and I find myself thinking of the early Seventeenth Century quite a lot! However, back in the day, there were one or two multi national corporations in existence. The British had the East India Trading…
Tom
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Stars in their eyes
Back in 1642, a Dutch artist by the name of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, now generally known as Rembrandt, completed his painting ‘The Night Watch’. A few years later, he created an etching of a night-time scene called ‘The Star of the Kings’, an etching he created to celebrate Epiphany. In England, and back in…
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A Different Shade of Blue
Hexadecimal colour code #001642. A slightly darker shade to Royal Blue (#002366), wouldn’t you know. Royal Blue, the colour, was created / blended / discovered in Somerset, England, after a nationwide challenge by King George III for clothiers from all over the kingdom to come up with a suitable colour fit for royalty, and in…
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Sovereign
Here I go again, waffling on about my rather strange pull to the early Seventeenth Century. I’ve not had anything appear to me, or had any inkling to write or investigate anything for a few months now. Not only that, but I haven’t had any images appear in my mind of the ship or three…