The Georgian Lordsさんのイラストまとめ

Gillray, who was born #OTD 1756, caricatured the great & the good as well as depicting social scenes & more surreal subjects. He is particularly valuable for students of #Parliament for his depictions of MPs mid-flow in the old House of Commons
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Born #OnThisDay 1756 in #Chelsea, James Gillray, pre-eminent caricaturist of the #Georgian period
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Died #OnThisDay 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, unmistakable artist of the #18thcentury. He is supposed to have painted this portrait of William Wollaston c.1759; a decade later Wollaston became MP for #Ipswich. Read more about him below: https://t.co/c3nbkv7eon
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Gloucester's birth, just months after the 'Glorious Revolution' had represented the stability of the new regime but he suffered from a number of maladies & his brief life was nicely summed up in the #birthday ode composed by Purcell in 1695
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Died #OnThisDay 300 years ago Meinhard Schomberg, 3rd duke of Schomberg. His father had been granted an English peerage by William III as a reward for his services in the Glorious Revolution. The 3rd duke failed to attend the Lords after 1715, unable to bear the fatigue
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#OnThisDay 1660 Charles II staged his formal entry into #London marking his restoration to the throne.
The event was carefully timed to coincide with his 30th #birthday #OTD1630
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Born #OnThisDay 1717 David Garrick, actor & impresario, a key figure in reviving interest in the plays of #Shakespeare
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Currently battling some of the challenges of #18thcentury phonetic spellings & impenetrable nicknames. Lady Bristol referred to Lord Bathurst as Batters which is clear enough but the duke of Richmond had a friend known only as Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha which is a tougher nut to crack