07 Jun 2019
Richard Parker and the Nore Mutiny: rebellion and retribution in the Royal Navy
Richard Parker was sentenced to death for his role in the 1797 Nore Mutiny - but was he a ringleader or a scapegoat?
04 Jun 2019
'The Sea Maidens': Evelyn de Morgan and the transfiguration of the feminine with the divine
The Sea Maidens is a medium-sized oil painting (818 x 1428 mm) by Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919), completed in 1886. It is hung in the Queen's House, below a portrait of Queen Victoria (1842) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, courtesy of the de Morgan Foundation.
28 May 2019
Tales from the Poles
The Caird Library holds many stories from those who made incredible journeys to the Poles, pushing the boundaries of exploration
24 May 2019
Tenacious women in the kingdom of letters
The correspondence between mothers and wives to John Markham, on the Admiralty Board, reveals the surprising role these women played in attempting to secure their family's survival
13 May 2019
Morality or profit
The societal fascination with sensational malefactors has a long history, evidence of which can be found within the Caird Library's rare book collection
26 Apr 2019
The Triumph of Britannia: naval victory and urban entertainment in mid-eighteenth-century London
How did naval victory and urban entertainment come together in this mid-eighteenth century painting?
24 Apr 2019
A journal from HMS Hood
An interesting item from MSS/84/047, a midshipman's journal kept by Lieutenant Peter Reginald George Worth DSC, RN, from his time aboard HMS Hood, prior to the outbreak of war in 1939.