thank you so much for this very interesting video ! Somehow it is related to my passion of ancient clothing.The Victoria ß Albert Museum possesses a knitted petticoat adorned with exotic insects , birds, beasts and plants. It is the most extraordinary example of the knitter´s art. The imagery recalls 17th century designs. I would love to learn some more about this misterious object ( nobody is sure how it was made) and if it was possible to get very detailed blueprint of it. I would love to reproduce some of its designs and learn some of its marvelous stiches.I hope this kindles your curiosity !?
The Houston Museum of Natural Science here in Texas has a cool permanent exhibit called Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a whole area set up like someone's library , similar to the picture, taxidermy hanging from the ceiling, weapons, shelves with weird oddities, and many cabinets full of drawers. It was so much fun opening each drawer to see what was inside - the ultimate treasure hunt!
'Thank you very much! Came across your video as I was looking for a 'more interesting' supplementary video on a reading 'Poetics & Politics of Exhibition', a masteral reading assignment. Indeed, you made me really learn about 'John Tradescant' (in a non-boring way haha) and his museum as the very first public museum! Keep it up!
I had never heard of him before, but Dr Kat I absolutely love your videos on lesser known historical figures! I also really love the traditional historical figures videos too, but I feel like your channel is the first I’ve gone across that creates this type of content and obviously your delivery is top notch! Look forward to next weeks (and every weeks) video!
Hi Dr Kat, yes, I'd heard of him, probably somewhere in reading Elizabethan history. I knew he was a gardener and I think somewhere back in my memory, I remember his tulip bulb (collecting? Hoarding? Passion for?). A very interesting man!
I knew about Tradescant through Philippa Gregory's book 'Earthly Joys'. He was a fascinating man. His son John Tradescant the Younger continued his work didn't he? I believe he went to America after the fall of Charles I .
Having read both of Philippa Gregory's books about the man I'm glad you're doing this video. Before I read her books 'Earthly Joys' and 'Virgin earth', I had never heard of the man who gave his name to the species of houseplants I collect. I am Tradescantia mad. I would highly recommend the books to people. To my mind, the man isn't as well known as he *should* be!
I went to a museum in St Johnsbury Vermont US that was basically a cabinet if curisoities, unchanged since the 1800s and very much as you described here. It is fascinating how different it felt from modern museums.
I am so glad I found your channel. I always loved history and read many books about the people your videos are about. Like this man. I read 2 books about Tradescant.
Thanks for this. I had indeed learned a lot about John Tradescant the Elder from Phillipa Gregory's excellent novelization "Earthly Joys." If you haven't read it, do. Everything you said is in there and a great deal more, including a drawing he did himself.
hi dear Dr. Kat , great topic... never heard anything about this gentleman... thank you! by the way, these first collections are modern museums' grandparents..
I always love your work! I enjoyed this episode more personally than usual as I immediately assumed that a plant genus I know in the United States, tradescantia, was named in his honor. Also, I want to mention that I feel like a kindred spirit to him and other collectors of curiosities. I do not have any taxidermy stuffed animals, however!
Never heard of him! The only curiosity cabinet I have seen was the one in the Uppsala University where I studiede many years ago. The cabinet was bought from Germany and was from the 17th century. The curator told us that the cainet was one of three similar cabinets existing.
Tedescant's suspended alligator (or crocodile) reminds me of the Blue Whale of the Museum of Natural History here in New York City. He was a man before his time. I'm sure I would have thoroughly enjoyed viewing the curiosities in his Ark!!!
Years and years ago I read a book about John Tradescant, it was a book that was like a docu-drama but so interesting, I was gripped. Then he came across a snake in the grass... and became a much lauded, world famous thief.
There seems to be a lot of "1st Title of Somewhere"s in this man's life, not to mention Charles I. He appears to have been around at the beginning of much. Fascinating.
I love wunderkammers! There was a dime museum near me that recently closed, and I made sure to go see it before it did. I'd love to make my own collection someday...
Loved this video today on John Tradescant. Never heard of him, but I love plants and curiosities! Where are all of these items today? What became of his collection? Are any of his trees still standing that he brought back from far away lands? Thank you!
That was great 👍 IMO the obscure, esoteric topics are gems. Bright, illuminating. Akin to finding money in your couch, made of the standard material framework that’s been digested in earnest ad infinitum.
What did I know about Tradescant ? Tradescantia - just repotting mine. :) In terms of garden plant names, the one that always makes me smile is forsythia for similar reasons :)
Tradescant’s Ark sounds as though it might have been something like Sir John Soane’s House in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which is my all-time favourite museum. I am aware of the importance of John Tradescant in the history of English gardens, and I grow several tradescantias in my own current garden. He and his life warrant much closer study - thank you, so interesting!
Thank you for these interesting facts. I love the two Phillipa Gregory novels Virgin Earth and Earthly Joys about John Tredescant the Elder and his son, John Tredescant the Younger. I would love to see a film adaptation. He was such an inspirational character and an important part of British history.
Jean Glendinning Carl Linnaeus named the plants after both the Elder and Younger. The Younger made three trips to colonial Virginia to bring plants back to England, so he had a link to perennials as well.
I know that this is a bit out of your historical comfort zone, but I wondered if you could talk about Peter The Great's cabinet of curiosities, too? He certainly had quite the collection!
"I may sound a little bit different. I'm getting over a fairly unpleasant cold. I do hope it won't prove destructive for you. Perhaps, like me, you're prepared to battle on, regardless." This is literally the most British thing I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE.
I remember that my wife's ancestors had the same names. Annanias and John as brothers in America during that time....would be a coincidence if there were two sets of brothers with that name in America during that time. Their family also owned the ship. Family Nicholas and Thomazine Jordaine. www.cbrain.mistral.co.uk/salemgb.htm
I have noticed that the nobles differentiate between a father a son with the same name as a I and a II and so on, but then I here you say so and so the Elder or the Younger. Why is there a difference
Perhaps you were getting over COVID-19? If you filmed this not long before the release date on TH-cam, the timing is about right. (Of course, I have no idea what the status of the disease was in your area at the time.) Just a thought. Hope you are healthy and safe! 😊
Obviously its not your jam, I'm assuming you think museums are trash heaps too? I won't go into the many ways we can learn from items collected from other cultures or from the past because I don't think it would do any good. To each his own. Peace.
I'd never heard about John Tradescant the Elder before this video. Fascinating!
thank you so much for this very interesting video ! Somehow it is related to my passion of ancient clothing.The Victoria ß Albert Museum possesses a knitted petticoat adorned with exotic insects , birds, beasts and plants. It is the most extraordinary example of the knitter´s art. The imagery recalls 17th century designs. I would love to learn some more about this misterious object ( nobody is sure how it was made) and if it was possible to get very detailed blueprint of it. I would love to reproduce some of its designs and learn some of its marvelous stiches.I hope this kindles your curiosity !?
Very interesting. I had only known of him and his son through their influence on American horticulture. One favorite is Tradescantia Virginiana
The Houston Museum of Natural Science here in Texas has a cool permanent exhibit called Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a whole area set up like someone's library , similar to the picture, taxidermy hanging from the ceiling, weapons, shelves with weird oddities, and many cabinets full of drawers. It was so much fun opening each drawer to see what was inside - the ultimate treasure hunt!
I just looked at pictures from the museum - they even put the alligator on the ceiling! LOL
'Thank you very much! Came across your video as I was looking for a 'more interesting' supplementary video on a reading 'Poetics & Politics of Exhibition', a masteral reading assignment. Indeed, you made me really learn about 'John Tradescant' (in a non-boring way haha) and his museum as the very first public museum! Keep it up!
There are several Tradescantias in my garden & they evoke thoughts of the plant hunting family.
Great video, thanks.
I have not heard anything about him before this. Utterly FASCINATING!!!!
Fantastic I read book Earthly Joy's
.wanted to see gardens he designed at Theobalds ..Hatfield and New hall
This is the first I’ve heard of him, so interesting. I wish we could know what he had there.
I had never heard of him before, but Dr Kat I absolutely love your videos on lesser known historical figures! I also really love the traditional historical figures videos too, but I feel like your channel is the first I’ve gone across that creates this type of content and obviously your delivery is top notch! Look forward to next weeks (and every weeks) video!
Hi Dr Kat, yes, I'd heard of him, probably somewhere in reading Elizabethan history. I knew he was a gardener and I think somewhere back in my memory, I remember his tulip bulb (collecting? Hoarding? Passion for?). A very interesting man!
I knew about Tradescant through Philippa Gregory's book 'Earthly Joys'. He was a fascinating man. His son John Tradescant the Younger continued his work didn't he? I believe he went to America after the fall of Charles I .
Having read both of Philippa Gregory's books about the man I'm glad you're doing this video. Before I read her books 'Earthly Joys' and 'Virgin earth', I had never heard of the man who gave his name to the species of houseplants I collect. I am Tradescantia mad. I would highly recommend the books to people. To my mind, the man isn't as well known as he *should* be!
I went to a museum in St Johnsbury Vermont US that was basically a cabinet if curisoities, unchanged since the 1800s and very much as you described here. It is fascinating how different it felt from modern museums.
I am so glad I found your channel. I always loved history and read many books about the people your videos are about. Like this man. I read 2 books about Tradescant.
Thanks for this. I had indeed learned a lot about John Tradescant the Elder from Phillipa Gregory's excellent novelization "Earthly Joys." If you haven't read it, do. Everything you said is in there and a great deal more, including a drawing he did himself.
hi dear Dr. Kat , great topic... never heard anything about this gentleman... thank you! by the way, these first collections are modern museums' grandparents..
I Love this - & Fully intend on diving much deeper into this subject. Very nicely created, Thank you, Dr. Kat.
Happy to hear about this most inquisitive man. He left England a great learning museum. Thank you for featuring this man.
I always love your work!
I enjoyed this episode more personally than usual as I immediately assumed that a plant genus I know in the United States, tradescantia, was named in his honor. Also, I want to mention that I feel like a kindred spirit to him and other collectors of curiosities. I do not have any taxidermy stuffed animals, however!
This was very informative. I had not heard of the gentleman, nor his "curiosities". Sounds wonderfully intriguing!
I've heard of John Tradescant, in relation to gardens. I didn't know about his museum though. An interesting video, thanks.
If you added up all the supposed pieces of the cross, you would have a several trees worth at least!
Never heard of him! The only curiosity cabinet I have seen was the one in the Uppsala University where I studiede many years ago. The cabinet was bought from Germany and was from the 17th century. The curator told us that the cainet was one of three similar cabinets existing.
Another informative and entertaining video. Love your videos so much
Thanks for the interesting video! I had never heard about this person before!
Tedescant's suspended alligator (or crocodile) reminds me of the Blue Whale of the Museum of Natural History here in New York City. He was a man before his time. I'm sure I would have thoroughly enjoyed viewing the curiosities in his Ark!!!
It did for me, too!!
Years and years ago I read a book about John Tradescant, it was a book that was like a docu-drama but so interesting, I was gripped. Then he came across a snake in the grass... and became a much lauded, world famous thief.
There seems to be a lot of "1st Title of Somewhere"s in this man's life, not to mention Charles I. He appears to have been around at the beginning of much. Fascinating.
I love wunderkammers! There was a dime museum near me that recently closed, and I made sure to go see it before it did. I'd love to make my own collection someday...
Loved this video today on John Tradescant. Never heard of him, but I love plants and curiosities! Where are all of these items today? What became of his collection? Are any of his trees still standing that he brought back from far away lands? Thank you!
That was great 👍 IMO the obscure, esoteric topics are gems. Bright, illuminating. Akin to finding money in your couch, made of the standard material framework that’s been digested in earnest ad infinitum.
Hi! I never thought to reflect the origins of museums. I look forward to sharing your channel with my friends.
Would be interesting to see you do a video on Gertrude Jekyll who was a famous gardener from Surrey.
That ceiling crocodile is hilarious
Thanks Dr Kat. Another interesting look at a piece of our British history.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
I hadn't heard of him. Thanks for this video. Very interesting fellow.
Thank you for the information. No I have never heard of him.
What did I know about Tradescant ?
Tradescantia - just repotting mine. :)
In terms of garden plant names, the one that always makes me smile is forsythia for similar reasons :)
This was all wonderfully new to me.
Phillips Gregory has two novels about Tradescant.
More BS then.
I hadn't heard of him. It was very interesting
i’m going to need a feature that shows which of your videos i havnt watched 😁❤️
Tradescant’s Ark sounds as though it might have been something like Sir John Soane’s House in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which is my all-time favourite museum. I am aware of the importance of John Tradescant in the history of English gardens, and I grow several tradescantias in my own current garden. He and his life warrant much closer study - thank you, so interesting!
What happened to John Tradescant's museum? Fascinating information. Thanks!
Intresting
I think he was looking into healing
Plants /herbs
Never knew of the Charles 1 connection
Mermaid hand ? Very Intresting …… X
Thank you for these interesting facts. I love the two Phillipa Gregory novels Virgin Earth and Earthly Joys about John Tredescant the Elder and his son, John Tredescant the Younger. I would love to see a film adaptation. He was such an inspirational character and an important part of British history.
Please do Elias Ashmole - Ashmolean Museum Oxford
Never heard of this guy! How neat!
I suspect the lower cupboards held pickled small things,rather than potions?
Great video !
love youe sight it is such a help relearnng after my stroke Mom used to say my room looked like trudwsants arl had blown au and nor in a good way
What a wonderful story and yes, George Villiers had some magnificent legs
So interesting, I knew nothing about him.
Hello dr. Kat !
my mother owned a plant called tradescantia, was this named after John Tradescant?
Jean Glendinning Carl Linnaeus named the plants after both the Elder and Younger. The Younger made three trips to colonial Virginia to bring plants back to England, so he had a link to perennials as well.
I know that this is a bit out of your historical comfort zone, but I wondered if you could talk about Peter The Great's cabinet of curiosities, too? He certainly had quite the collection!
I wonder what happened to the collection?
somehow everyone has a piece of jesus' cross :)
Must have been Huge! No wonder Christ couldn't carry it!
"I may sound a little bit different. I'm getting over a fairly unpleasant cold. I do hope it won't prove destructive for you. Perhaps, like me, you're prepared to battle on, regardless."
This is literally the most British thing I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE.
If anyone knows the book I'm talking about please let me know, I would love to read it again.
Earthly Joys by Phillipa Gregory?
Anna Johnsen Thank you Anna so much, it was a book I couldn't put down.
I've never heard of this gent. I hope Powhatan was finished with his mantle!
What happened to this man after Charles I's fall and execution and the English Civil War?
He died in 1638, so before it all kicked off
I remember that my wife's ancestors had the same names. Annanias and John as brothers in America during that time....would be a coincidence if there were two sets of brothers with that name in America during that time. Their family also owned the ship. Family Nicholas and Thomazine Jordaine. www.cbrain.mistral.co.uk/salemgb.htm
I had known but in relationship with roses. No clue about the curiosities.
Wondering what happened to the "ark"?
Me too. Or at least where some of the pieces are.
I have noticed that the nobles differentiate between a father a son with the same name as a I and a II and so on, but then I here you say so and so the Elder or the Younger. Why is there a difference
The Duke of Buckingham is sort of a fashion tragedy. But, I honor his ambition.
Perhaps you were getting over COVID-19?
If you filmed this not long before the release date on TH-cam, the timing is about right. (Of course, I have no idea what the status of the disease was in your area at the time.)
Just a thought.
Hope you are healthy and safe! 😊
new to me.
A room of curiosities is just a room of stuff by a hoarder. Little or no valuable information of origin, or use, etc. such a shame.
Obviously its not your jam, I'm assuming you think museums are trash heaps too? I won't go into the many ways we can learn from items collected from other cultures or from the past because I don't think it would do any good. To each his own. Peace.