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A fascinating set of images by Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s Bizzarie di varie Figure. They are, in some ways, much more modern than the 1624 production date suggests and good number of them would fit nicely in with the various art movements of the early to mid 20th Century. Some also remind me of the creations that used to fill York’s Museum of Automata.
A horse strolls around a silent Brutalist estate. It sounds like it should be rather tedious, but Melanie Manchot’s Cornered Star is rather compelling.
I promise this blog isn’t about to become a postbox topper blog. I really do.
Having said that, here’s a rather nice teddy-bears’ picnic topper that I happened to pass in Beverley the other day.
I stumbled across this rather nice ice cream van postbox topper a few days ago in Malton’s Market Place.
Happy Summer Solstice 2025! And to celebrate, here’s Caspar David Friedrich’s Two Men by the Sea from 1817 showing the 1816 Year Without a Summer.
Another yarn-bombed post-box after the one I found in Malton – this time it can be found in the rather lovely Runswick Bay! It’s slightly smaller than the Malton topper, however the views more than make up for the reduction is size.
It’s just a shame that bin is there…
It’s the 185th anniversary of the fire at York Minster on 20th May, 1840 and here’s a print to mark the occasion!
The old bridge at Sandsend, painted in 1802 by Thomas Girtin. Image taken from Yale Center for British Art’s catalogue.
In Malton yesterday I happened to stumble across this rather fabulous Easter-themed yarn-bombed post box just outside of Malton Post Office. Anyway, here are some photographs of it before the April showers soak it through and wreck the yarn.
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A somewhat moody piece for these dark December nights – Atkinson Grimshaw‘s View of Heath Street by Night.
