John Thirtle (1777–1839) was an English watercolour artist and frame-
maker. Born in Norwich, where he lived for most of his life, he was a
leading member of the Norwich School of painters. He produced frames
for paintings by several members of that school, including John Crome
and John Sell Cotman. He also worked as a drawing-master, a printseller
and a looking glass maker. At the Norwich School's first exhibition in
1805, Thirtle exhibited five paintings as one of the five featured
artists. Most of his watercolours are of Norwich and the surrounding
Norfolk countryside. His style, influenced by Thomas Girtin, Crome and
Cotman, was technically accomplished. His earlier landscapes were
painted with a restricted range of buffs, blues and grey-browns, but he
later developed a brilliancy of colour, producing works that included
angular block forms. His Manuscript Treatise on Watercolour, unpublished
before 1977, was probably for his own use, and he exhibited fewer than
100 paintings.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thirtle>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1605:
The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace
of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the
House of Lords.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot>
1916:
An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local
authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted
in seven deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre>
1943:
World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on
Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Vatican>
1990:
Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York
City hotel by an Arab gunman.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
swole:
1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-
developed muscles; muscular.
2. (slang) Of the penis: erect; of a person: with an erection of the
penis; aroused, hard.
3. (slang) Followed by up: upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convincedThat Heaven but
tries our virtue by affliction,—That oft the cloud which wraps the
present hourServes but to brighten all our future days.
--John Brown
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28essayist%29>
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