Melanie Backe-Hansen
@HouseHistorian
Historian • speaker • TV consultant • presenter • author. Specialist researching the history of houses. Latest book #AHouseThroughTime Rep @Pastpreservers
Crazy how time flies - particularly the last few years! 😲😵 I can't quite believe it was three years ago that the book I co-wrote with @DavidOlusoga - #AHouseThroughTime - was released! 😁 #househistory #househistories #history #books
Today’s #househistory in The Times, with history from me, features a beautiful house in Kent linked to the family of artist of John Everett Millais and is also believed to have been visited by author Joseph Conrad! 😀 #househistories
25 July 2009. Henry Patch died (aged 111). He was the last surviving combat soldier of the First World War from any country and he became widely known as: “The Last Fighting Tommy.”
When doing some chair-making research we stumbled into this incredible advert for a vertical modular sofa designed by Verner Panton in the 1960s. Does anyone know if these were actually made? We're looking to refurb the office and think these will really improve the feng shui.
'The quay along the Thames in the rain, London' (1918) by Emile Claus (Private collection)
Busy researching all day...as always 😄😊 #househistory #househistories #history
Pete the Street Peter Brown paints outside in all weathers. English artist Contemporary impressionist It’s his birthday in 4 days time. Have a good one Pete. I don’t know him just read his bio. ….. This is so atmospheric .
British troops enjoy some leave in Italy, probably at Lake Garda, in July 1918. Film: IWM 283
'A Château in France.' (1914) In his lifetime Patrick William Adam was an influential painter; a founding member with John Lavery of the Society of Eight, a group which also included the Scottish colourist Francis Cadell who found Adam's interiors a great influence upon his own.
'The Garden of Eden', Kensington Gardens (1901) by Hugh Goldwin Riviere (Guildhall Art Gallery)
Charles Ginner's many rooftop vistas are a distinctive theme among the Camden Town painters. This view is probably from a window in his studio in Tadema Street, Chelsea, from around 1912.
Some gates deserve to take centre stage! This morning was so quiet, so still, the lane deserted. All of nature seemed to be holding its breath, just waiting for the sun to rise and flicker its way through the trees, to sweep away the mist with light in a matter of seconds.…
If you need 20 seconds of calm and peace today, fall into a little dream with me…. #peakdistrict
Believed to be built in the 1500’s, Tiddy House in Exeter, Devon, is a striking Tudor-era structure and one of the last remnants of the historic Tudor Street.
Good morning! This week's theme is London Rain 🌧 ----- 'Kensington Gore' (1921) by Arthur Temple Felix Clay (Kensington Central Library)
Aerial photographs are great for looking at buildings hidden from view behind walls. This example from 1933 shows HMP Manchester, also known as Strangeways, including its exercise yards. What hidden places can you find with our Aerial Photo Explorer?👇 historicengland.org.uk/images-books/a…
'Dedham Vale, Evening,' (1802) was painted close to John Constable's home at East Bergholt in Suffolk, the year he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London - he was gathering the material that would fuel his creative ideas for the rest of his working life.
'St Anne's, Soho' by Bernard Arthur Ruston Carter (1909–2006) (Government Art Collection)