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Spent ALL DAY convinced I've missed a bday or other important thing. I'm 241 years too late:
#OTD 1779 was the fateful Battle of Grenada, marking the end of Admiral John Byron's career – gossips at home & abroad wrongfully accused him of cowardice, dishonour, & even insanity
For anyone reading #HouseOfByron: here is the beautiful Lady Betty Delme, daughter of Isabella Byron, by Reynolds, c1777
Her MP husband was not only disappointingly ugly but also turned out to be a philanderer, a drunk & much less rich than expected
Portrait of a disillusioned historian in quarantine, by her own mother
Truly, this is a flattering depiction
Here they both are in their younger years, in 1812 and c1815 respectively
Anyone else been blown away by photography of their 18th-century/Regency era subjects? Please share because I love it 📸
https://t.co/buc4qXFtnn
That google doodle celebrating Scottish scientist, translator & polymath Mary Somerville (1780–1872) 👍👍👍
🧐More about her here: https://t.co/EGcfrxP7eS
🎨Artworks: https://t.co/q2sL4QmIcQ
🖋️Memoir by her daughter: https://t.co/aqOcrjOTPL
For those of us who are unable to wander about the rich Garrick Club collection (because we are plebs or do not own the correct body parts), it's searchable online here: https://t.co/e4BuNlLwTA
Hello everyone I just found my favourite ever piece of art don't even try to @ me something more perfect because you will FAIL 🌹🦋🐶
Nagasawa Rosetsu, 'Roses, Butterfly and Puppies' (late c18th)
Gorgeous vision of 18th-century aristocratic childhood with these five unnamed siblings, c1720s (cty @philipmould): https://t.co/r6pezXd1UA