Benjamin Serpell

Romantic Poet with two collections available, West Country Waves 2013, and Twin Brooks 2016. Loves Nature, literature, music and liberty.

[Echoes of Art @echoesofthearts]

The Lament for Icarus, by Herbert James Draper (1863–1920)

[The Art Curator @SeekAfterBeauty]

Frosty Morning in the Caucasus, by Ilya Zankovsky (1832-1919)

[Nikolai Ge @artistnikolaige]

Pushkin in the village Mihaylovskoye

[Thomas Gainsborough @t_gainsborough]

Gainsborough Dupont https://t.co/q2kLGKkyjw

[The Romanticism blog @Wordsworthians]

#OTD 1840 death of Caspar David Friedrich.

Here's our post on Romanticism in art, which includes 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog', perhaps his most famous painting

https://t.co/NKLiR1kD7x

[Literature Works @LitWorks]

Brought to you by Exeter's MA Publishing cohort, the free launch event for 'Publishing and Literary Networks in the South West' will celebrate the rich literary landscape of the South West.

📍 @ExeterLibrary 📅 Sat 23rd March, 11-4pm

More info: https://t.co/fC5dohSaws

[Keats-Shelley House @Keats_Shelley]

#OTD 200 years ago, Byron celebrated his last birthday before his premature death in Greece, on 19 April 1824. In commemoration of Lord Byron, this year, we'll be celebrating the legacy of this great Romantic poet with a year long programme of events:
https://t.co/l8ajCxKOET

[Joshua Reynolds @artist_reynolds]

Joshua Reynolds, A Man’s Head, 1771 #tatemuseum #museumarchive https://t.co/wM2cqHCdvF

[PreRaphaeliteSociety @PreRaphSoc]

Happy Boxing Day! In the UK the day after Christmas Day is known as Boxing Day. The name refers to the boxing up of gifts to give to the poor. Boxing Day was also a day off for servants and they received a Christmas box from their employers.

‘Pandora’, John William Waterhouse.

[Ivan Aivazovski @aivazovski_art]

Azure Grotto. Naples, 1841 #aivazovsky #ivanaivazovsky https://t.co/9YYvhobLPy

[Academia Aesthetics @AcademiaAesthe1]

"Ajax and Cassandra" by Solomon Joseph Solomon (1886).

[Academia Aesthetics @AcademiaAesthe1]

A Thorn Amidst the Roses, 1887, by James Sant (1820-1916)

[Ivan Aivazovski @aivazovski_art]

Azure Grotto. Naples, 1841 #ivanaivazovsky #aivazovsky https://t.co/9YYvhobLPy

[CECS (York) @CECSYork]

Congratulations to our very own Prof. Jon Mee and his co-editor @MJRSangster, who have just taken delivery of the first copies of their latest edited volume. For anyone interested in the relationship between institutions and literature in C18th/19th, this will be a must-read!

[Ivan Aivazovski @aivazovski_art]

Moon Path, 1886 #aivazovsky #romanticism

[Ivan Aivazovski @aivazovski_art]

The Bay of Naples at moonlit night. Vesuvius, 1870 #aivazovsky #ivanaivazovsky

[National Gallery @NationalGallery]

Why are paintings by Reynolds so difficult to clean? 🤔

In this episode, Conservator Hayley Tomlinson reveals why paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds need to be treated with extra care: https://t.co/pty5Y9oT2V

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Jules Louis Machard - Selene (1874)

[The Romanticism blog @Wordsworthians]

#OTD 1786 Benjamin Haydon born. He hosted the 'Immortal Dinner' in 1817 and painted Wordsworth and Keats. Here Wordsworth is the hooded man under the right arch; Keats is behind him https://t.co/prloR6exDT https://t.co/FK9Ed0CtkV

[The Romanticism blog @Wordsworthians]

#OTD 1824 Byron writes 'On this day I complete my 36th year' https://t.co/dyEDcjWzWR

"My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of Love are gone;
The worm - the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!"