Minerva photobombed by Audioguide Guy. #ancienthistory...

Minerva photobombed by Audioguide Guy. #ancienthistory #photobomb #sculpture #minerva #wisdom #bath #roman #romanart #audioguide #romanbaths (at The Roman Baths)

This is Max Ernest’s famous painting ‘Celebes’ - except,...

This is Max Ernest’s famous painting ‘Celebes’ - except, according to the Tate’s listings magazine, it’s had a bit of a contemporary update (in picture 2) #surrealism #painting #maxernst #typo #error #tate #tatemodern #modernart #elephant #celebes #celebs #art

Sometimes the funnest type can be found advertising the dullest...

Sometimes the funnest type can be found advertising the dullest products. Especially in the past. #typography #type #sign #advertising #lettering

Another thrilling tome from the 1930s. I’m guessing the butler...

Another thrilling tome from the 1930s. I’m guessing the butler did it with a well-chilled runner bean. #frosted #food #murdermystery #1930s #typography #design #bookcover #bookcoverdesign (at Victoria and Albert Museum)

Oh so that’s where they get it from. #power #park #bandstand...

Oh so that’s where they get it from. #power #park #bandstand #entertainer #entertainment #music

French wallpaper, 1814. Yes, *wallpaper*. I think I need to...

French wallpaper, 1814. Yes, *wallpaper*. I think I need to redecorate Standard Designs Mansion. Now, where did I leave that time machine… ah, there it was/is/will be. #victoriaandalbertmuseum #wallpaper #decor #homedecor #antique #interiordesign #france #french #museum #london #woodblock #printing #color #colourful #country #countryside #1800s #19th #19thcentury (at Victoria and Albert Museum)

Quick dash round RA summer show then out into blazing normality...

Quick dash round RA summer show then out into blazing normality ect chiz chiz. #molesworth #royalacademy #royalacademyofarts #summer #summerexhibition #london #gallery #museum #chiz (at Royal Academy of Arts)

Fantastic inrō at the @vamuseum - with bonus crazy shadows....

Fantastic inrō at the @vamuseum - with bonus crazy shadows. #museum #london #japan #japanese #kimono #inro #costume #fashion #shadow #lighting #victoriaandalbertmuseum #traditional #miniatures #craft (at Victoria and Albert Museum)

Nature doing its random pattern thing. #earth #soil #catkins...

Nature doing its random pattern thing. #earth #soil #catkins #foliage #random #randompattern #pattern #nature #hill #hillside #forest #england #summer (at Box Hill, Surrey)

Early morning watercolour of some of the Mansion’s verbena....

Early morning watercolour of some of the Mansion’s verbena. #painting #art #artistsoninstagram #watercolor #watercolour #flowerpainting #garden #summer #summertime #morning #verbena

An Allium seedhead, painted this afternoon in the Standard...

An Allium seedhead, painted this afternoon in the Standard Designs Mansion’s Jackson Pollock Memorial Garden. Our head gardener Hockney has done us proud this year. #watercolor #watercolour #painting #art #nature #naturepainting #flowerpainting #allium #seedhead #gardening #garden #artistsoninstagram #jacksonpollock #davidhockney #summer #mansion #statelyhome

Mr Lego is aghast. Or perhaps just a little surprised. Difficult...

Mr Lego is aghast. Or perhaps just a little surprised. Difficult to read, these Lego chaps. #pokerface #lego #portrait #sculpture #art #toys #modernist #face

Another 10p secondhand bookshop find. Google Translate tells me...

Another 10p secondhand bookshop find. Google Translate tells me this is “Ugly And The Frightening Witch”, so doubtless thrills aplenty in this Danish kids’ tome. I bought it for the late-60s/early-70s-tastic illustrations, which inside are of the immensely-overworked-pen type that makes everything look like it was painted through chainmail armour. Marvellous period stuff. #illustration #books #danish #denmark #bookcover #painting #drawing #fairytale #childrensliterature #1970s #1960s #70s #60s #penandink #linedrawing

Kandinsky’s UFO sighting report, as told to Franz Kafka #linocut...

Kandinsky’s UFO sighting report, as told to Franz Kafka #linocut #print #test #testprint #vassilykandinsky #kandinsky #painter #artist #print #printing #printmaking #art #artistsoninstagram #blackandwhite #kafka #franzkafka

Straight outta 1973: poetry books for kids don’t come much...

Straight outta 1973: poetry books for kids don’t come much urban-jungle-depressing than this. Luckily the poems are mostly decent and not all about pollution/alienation. Bought for 50p at the local secondhand bookshop. #bookshopping #bookshop #poetry #1970s #70s #seventies #childrensliterature #poem #books #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #retro #oldschool

This beautiful work is part of the Peter Blake watercolour &...

This beautiful work is part of the Peter Blake watercolour & drawing retrospective that’s just opened at @waddingtoncustot in London. Well worth a visit. The early pieces in particular are fascinating. #peterblake #painting #drawing #watercolour #art #exhibition #london #gallery #popart #british #portrait #bird #birdpainting #dartfordwarbler (at Waddington Custot)

As seen at the local secondhand bookshop today. (It’s from 1932,...

As seen at the local secondhand bookshop today. (It’s from 1932, and it’s a bit economics-heavy). #blimey #books #bookstagram #bookspines #bookshop #typography #design #shopping #secondhand #1930s #30s #thirties