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#BTD—(1788) Jean Pierre Marie Jazet, artist, in Paris. #art @CourteheuseR @Brindille_ @18thCand19thC
#BTD—(1720) Gilbert White, English curate, naturalist, ornithologist. Cf. https://t.co/NtJFmk82HV @NorfolkLord[@1LolaMarina @wry999
@janeiac123 May our good Lord bless and keep you, Christine, as He already has so abundantly with your mother's love. 🙏
#BTD—(1707) Henry Fielding, English writer, dramatist, satirist. @NorfolkLord @RobinMonotti @18thCand19thC @KSPrior @Don_Hale @AmericanStudier
#BTD—(1732) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker. Cf. https://t.co/xZeEXN0QJS #art @Brindille_ @ArtGraphica2012 @John_KellyArt @18thCand19thC
We know now that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day’s work at Auschwitz in the morning. —George Steiner #RIP Cf https://t.co/kT80es1TiG @SoniaMRobaey @jclasukla @FrankPasquale @ladevita12 @GilesMacDonogh @BrunKovat
#BTD ⬇ Used to be that Americans revered Rockwell and the virtues captured by his #art. Some of us still do. 🎨 https://t.co/2VKdLlAuWJ