🪷 This is a prime example of the #Antinomania fad of the 18th & 19th Century when every aristocrat sought #Antinous art, to impress each other. #Antinous / #Dionysus #Townley bust sketch. 19th century. Francois Xavier Fabre French 1766-1837. Black pencil with white highlights.🪷

🪷 25 May is #WorldTarotDay!
When #PamelaColmanSmith (16 Feb 1878 - 18 Sept 1951) was creating her #Tarot cards, she was inspired by the British Museum's #Townley #Antinous bust. So she included #Antinoos in her now famous cards! Full tribute here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/happy-birthday-pamela-colman-smith.html 🪷

🪷 15 May is Shades Day! Art: "Del Imperio al Pop. El amor nunca muere" (From Empire to Pop. Love never dies.) #Hadrian wearing sunglasses side by side with the #Antinous #Townley bust at British Museum by @hadrian_augustus_21 via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hadrian_augustus_21. #ShadesDay 🪷

🪷 #267th 🎂🎉 🏛️ The British Museum first opened its doors 15 January 1759, free to all ‘curious and studious persons’. Modern-day priests of #Antinous from Britain, US and Europe wish Happy Birthday to the museum where #Townley #Antinoos and #Hadrian reside side-by-side.🎺🎉🏛️🎊🪷

🪷November 21st is #WorldTelevisionDay: #Antinous frequently appears on television, usually as statuary in dramas, series and documentaries. The #Townley #Antinoos / #Dionysus bust even makes a cameo appearance in this Specsavers TV commercial! Watch: https://youtu.be/pqOwg0dqApY 🪷

🪷🍷 28 Aug is #RedWineDay. Raise your glass of wine to Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. This exact replica of the #Townley #Antinoos bust adorns the altar of the Hollywood Temple of Antinous. #NationalRedWineDay 🍷 🪷

🪷 Emperor #Hadrian and the #Townley #Antinous busts are on display side by side at the #BritishMuseum, Room 77. 🪷

🪷🍷 On 25 May #NationalWineDay raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Replica #Townley bust on the altar of the Hollywood Temple of Antinous. Digital art by #KeithMezaenAsetHoberg 🍷 🪷

🪷 25 May is #WorldTarotDay!
When #PamelaColmanSmith (16 Feb 1878 - 18 Sept 1951) was creating her #Tarot cards, she was inspired by the British Museum's #Townley #Antinous bust. So she included #Antinoos in her now famous cards! Full tribute here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/happy-birthday-pamela-colman-smith.html 🪷