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Ugh, it's Monday! So here is the beautiful Mary Wither by the remarkable Mary Beale, whose success as a portraitist in C17th England made her the breadwinner of the family.
Her devoted husband kept records of all her work & the praise she received 👩🎨💗
A mini Lord Carlisle providing proof that you should never let your mum cut your hair no matter how rich you are or what century you're living in 💇♂️😬
Madame de Pompadour, woman after my own heart, in 1748. Now I just need to get hold of some gold...
To anyone finding this bloke clambering about on their roof tonight... don't worry, he's just being a bit "19th-century America" about it 🎁 😬#ChristmasEve2018
In a world of unholy ruckus, may we all have the total chill of Sir Edward Walpole laying on the floor outside an 18th-century tavern
Well Allan Ramsay's draft portrait of a young Prince Frederick looks like something out of Dr Who & I will not be sleeping tonight
Hello twitter, here are some portraits of Ordinary Folk. Because, as sparkly as they are, History is not all about Rich People.
– watercress seller (1780)
– kitchen servant at Oxford (c1680s)
– [believed to be] Washington's enslaved cook (c1795)
– Hogarth's servants (1750s)
AMAZING image of a C14th warrior woman 'Walpurgis', fighting in a German combat manual & looking super happy about it (via @KunstAAD, held at Royal Armouries, Leeds)
When all your friends are getting married & having babies but you know that dogs are way more reliable than humans so
Me next time a clueless man attempts to explain how I should be doing my job to me