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Of all the excellent Joshua Reynolds vibes, I think 'posh 1770s ladies running amok' is my favourite
Modelled here beautifully by Diana, Viscountess Crosbie & Lady Jane Halliday
Huge fan of Francois Boucher’s creative decision to include this hideous, gaping-mouthed fish in the background of his otherwise lovely Birth of Venus (1750) 👨🎨🐟
A bit nice: Spanish Dancer at the Moulin Rouge by Giovanni Boldini, c.1905
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@AnthonyPDelaney Lady Mary Coke, who constantly bitched about Isabella Byron’s looks and personality in her diary, but then kept popping round & acting all nice to her face
Whenever I come across her now I internally shout YEAH WHATEVER LADY MARY & have to check myself
Would you prefer to spend your Friday morning creating an 18th-century masterpiece?
This @V_and_A Design a Wig tool might be for you >>
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Just a gorgeous painting of 23-year-old Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Harrison) having her fancy hairstyle pulled about by her infant son John 👶💗
(by Welsh artist John Downman, 1779)
I can’t even remember why I started looking at vintage @bovril_official adverts but I’ve enjoyed myself very much
The real question is, are we more convinced by the glamorous ladies or the emotionally manipulative hunks of beef
Just something lovely and French to look at: an amateur drawing presented to one of Marie Antoinette's chambermaids by an admirer in 1790
More info here > https://t.co/4qshhqvClh
Twitter timeline arrangement briefly got me fretting that someone is making terrible accusations about an 18th-century dog