#fordmadoxbrown — Public Fediverse posts

In celebration of World Metrology Day this week (May 20), here's "The proclamation regarding weights and measures, 1556", a mural by Ford Madox Brown completed c.1893, depicting the announcement that the residents of Manchester "shall send in all manner of weights and measures to be tried by their Majesties standard". The announcement seems to be received about as well as you might expect.

Caption contest, anyone?

#MetrologyDay #metrology #WeightsAndMeasures #mural #FordMadoxBrown #CaptionContest

Ford Madox Brown, The Bridgewater Canal #museumarchive #fordmadoxbrown http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/brown-the-bridgewater-canal-n02793

Ford Madox Brown, La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman), 1876 #museumarchive #fordmadoxbrown https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230454

Ford Madox Brown, Self-Portrait, 1877 #fordmadoxbrown #harvardartmuseums https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230034

Ford Madox Brown, Section of the Bridgewater Canal, 1890 #museumarchive #fordmadoxbrown http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/brown-section-of-the-bridgewater-canal-n02417