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RT @Nick_Louras: Rebecca Wright’s drawings of the magical Dennis Severs House, via @thegentleauthor.
https://t.co/kqiaOBbqp9
Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/JJM3CZBA9T #18thcentury #18thc #1700s
Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/36o6UOTQbp #18thcentury #18thc #FrenchRevolution
Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/JJM3CZBA9T #18thcentury #FridayReads #FrRev
RT @HammockAuthor: New blog post: James Tissot’s "Chrysanthemums," 1877, celebrates a flower much more exotic, sophisticated, and fascinating than it seems to us now.
https://t.co/huLXMmqrhF
JamesTissot #Chrysanthemums
RT @pilgrimrose: Died #OTD 1743, #French painter of light comedy, Nicolas Lancret < A Gilded Cage https://t.co/iDYA2p4BmS
Sharpers, Shopkeepers, and the Georgian Era - A sharper was defined by Francis Grose in his eighteenth century dictionary as, “A cheat, one that lives by his wits.” ... https://t.co/WFJ4p44gKn #wwwblog #georgianera #18thcentury
RT @AntoineVanner: The tragedy of a small brig, carrying timber in the Baltic in 1874, was hauntingly described by Walter Runciman – a poor boy who ran away to sea at 12, and ended as a wealthy shipping ... https://t.co/8eb4EkAVny #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
Queen Victoria’s Visit to France in 1843 - #QueenVictoria’s visit to see the King of the French at the Château d’Eu in Normandy on 2 September 1843 made headline news. She was the first British monarch to ...
https://t.co/wLPGdBxOxp #19thcentury #wmnhist
Victorian Electric Traps for Rats and Cats - Victorian electric traps for rats and cats were invented because people of the #VictorianEra had all sorts of issues with rats and cats. For ... https://t.co/MNsNHnucyU #19thcentury #traps