believed to be a copy of a portrait of Lady Jane Grey dating to her
lifetime (c. 1537–54). It shows a three-quarter-length depiction of a
young woman in Tudor-period dress holding a prayer book, with the faded
inscription "Lady Jayne" or "Lady Iayne" in the upper-left corner.
Thought to have been completed as part of a set of paintings of
Protestant martyrs, it is in poor condition and damaged, as if it has
been attacked. By the early 20th century it was in the possession of a
collector in Streatham, London. In December 2005 the portrait was
examined by the art dealer Christopher Foley. He saw it as an accurate,
though poorly executed, reproduction of a contemporary painting of Jane,
had it verified, and on that basis negotiated its sale. The work was
acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London for a rumoured
£100,000, a sale of which the historian David Starkey was highly
critical, challenging Foley's identifications. As of 2015 it is on
display in Room 3 of the National Portrait Gallery. Although of
historical interest, the painting is generally considered to be of poor
artistic quality.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streatham_portrait>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
On the first anniversary of its victory in the Battle of
Chacabuco, Chile formally declared its independence from Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_Declaration_of_Independence>
1855:
Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, was
founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the United
States' first agricultural college.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_University>
1912:
Xinhai Revolution: Puyi, the last Emperor of China, abdicated
under a deal brokered by military official and politician Yuan Shikai,
formally replacing the Qing Dynasty with a new republic in China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi>
1947:
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite (fragment pictured), one of the
largest iron meteorite impacts ever observed, fell in the Sikhote-Alin
range in Siberia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhote-Alin_meteorite>
2009:
Just before it was scheduled to land at Buffalo Niagara
International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a house in
Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49
people on board the aircraft.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cleave:
1. From Old English clēofan:
2. To split or sever.
3. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: the snow plow clove a path
through the ice.
4. From Old English cleofian:
5. To cling or adhere to: she clove to him like a second skin.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cleave>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what
means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic
military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the
armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of
the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte
for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a
track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point
then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever
reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If
destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As
a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.
--Abraham Lincoln
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>
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