Historical Hot or Not
Dear Attic readers:
Today we will be starting a new feature here at The Attic, entitled "Historical Hot or Not"; the aim is aesthetic appreciation of museum founders or collectors from history. Individuals will be nominated for your approval, and we hope to err... stimulate... some discussion. We were inspired to do this after viewing the following:
This is Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), founder of the Wellcome Trust and famed collector of medical paraphenalia, some of which now forms the Wellcome Museum in London. So: hot or not? I say, totally hot; on a scale of 1-10, definitely a 10. What say you?
Today we will be starting a new feature here at The Attic, entitled "Historical Hot or Not"; the aim is aesthetic appreciation of museum founders or collectors from history. Individuals will be nominated for your approval, and we hope to err... stimulate... some discussion. We were inspired to do this after viewing the following:
This is Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), founder of the Wellcome Trust and famed collector of medical paraphenalia, some of which now forms the Wellcome Museum in London. So: hot or not? I say, totally hot; on a scale of 1-10, definitely a 10. What say you?
Comments
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/henry.jpg
*sigh*
Still has a squirrel on his face though.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?search=ap&npgno=3136
For some reason I find him really attractive (possibly the fact he was rich!) and, even better, he doesn't have a squirrel on his face...