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The Provost's House and Trinity College, #Dublin by Thomas Malton c.1790
Shades of Canaletto here with this Venetian-style portrait of the River Thames, with Somerset House to the left and St Paul's Cathedral dominating the background skyline, by Thomas Malton, #London (1796)
A breathtaking view of St Paul's Cathedral from Ludgate Hil as it was back in #London in August 1797, by Thomas Malton - Loving the fact that this is pretty much how it still looks today
And lastly, @ProfThomasDixon - The emotion of anger' seemingly attributed exclusively to women -
"This unruly Passion shows itself in a forcible degree in a termagant Mistress, scolding her Maid servant." - Rowlandson, #London (January 1800)
"As Laughter is often excited by the most simple causes, so frequently is Weeping, in this instance the hard & obdurate features, that would be callous to real sufferings melts at the fancied sorrows of a Village love Ballad. " - another study of the emotions by Rowlandson (1800)
"Laughter is one of the most pleasing of the Passions & is with difficulty accounted for, as risibility is frequently exited from the most simple causes. - As is the case with the Countryman & his Cat."
Some history of emotions here by Rowlandson, Jan 21st 1800 @ProfThomasDixon
Sir John Lade, one of my favourite Regency period gadabouts - is in the process of doing a wheel spin around Tattersall's at Hyde Park, #London, in the summer of 1796
A view of the entrance to Carlton House from St James' Park #London c.1750 - you need to get past those two bouncers if you want to get in
Antiguan-born Robert 'Romeo' Coates, was a massively popular eccentric actor famed for his ability to invent dialogue and scenes mid-show, seen here in the role of Lothario in Nicholas Rowe's 'The Fair Penitant' at the Haymarket Theatre #London 9th December 1811