Utagawa Hiroshige: Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge

Today’s Wordless Wednesday … Utagawa Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1858)

Grandma Moses: Sleigh Ride

Today’s Wordless Wednesday … Grandma Moses, Sleigh Ride (1957)

Joseph Willibrord Mähler: Portrait of Beethoven

Today’s Wordless Wednesday, on the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth … Joseph Willibrord Mähler, Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1815)

Men watch fire crews tackle a blaze at Riverside Mills, Glasgow

Today’s Wordless Wednesday … Men watch fire crews tackle a blaze at Riverside Mills, Glasgow (photo from Herald Archives, 1957)