Thomas Gainsborough River Landscape painting

Thomas Gainsborough River Landscape painting
Thomas Gainsborough Mr and Mrs Andrews painting
once to say that I would even prefer office without dress to dress without office; but his only answer to this was to send me a present of forty gold pieces "to buy toys with next All Fools' Day". The Senate did vote me the brocaded grown, and as a mark of honour to Gennanicus, who was now in the middle of a new successful campaign in Germany, proposed to decree me a seat in the House among the ex-Consiris. But Tiberius here interposed his veto, telling them that I was in his opinion incapable of delivering a speech on matters of State which would not be a trial of his fellow-members' patience
Sandro Botticelli Madonna and Child painting
There was another decree proposed at the same time, which he also vetoed. The circumstances were as follows:
Agrippina had been delivered of her child, a girl called Agrippinilla, at Cologne; and I must say at once that this Agrippinilla turned out one of the very worst of the Claudians-in fact, I may say that she shows signs of outdoing