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Theobald Boehm, musician and flute pioneer, was born #onthisday in 1794.
“What time is it? Half past a nun’s bum!” Keep track of time during #lockdown with this Swiss pocketwatch. #(Sold by Toomey & Co Auctioneers) #gloriousGeorgians
Hairdresser closed for #lockdown? Why not try a simple new style at home? #gloriousGeorgians
Baron Haussmann, architect of the Parisian renewal, was born #onthisday in 1809. He wrote that his controversial and widespread building works, typified by wide streets, resulted in the "gutting of old Paris, of the quarter of riots and barricades."
John Mudge, telescope pioneer, died #onthisday in 1793. Mudge was a doctor who made telescope mirrors as a hobby and became famed for his skills. #histsci
Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect, died #onthisday in 1736. " And as his memory must always be dear to his Country, so his loss [must be] felt by those who had the pleasure of his personal acquaintance, and enjoy'd the happiness of his conversation.” #gloriousgeorgians
Thomas Rowlandson’s Musical Family have got the right idea. They’re safe at home, enjoying a harmonious Sunday... or a Sunday, at least. #StayHomeSaveLives #gloriousgeorgians
Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily, is her own walking stockpile - that frock’s full of loo roll and tinned tomatoes. #SocialDistancing from the #gloriousGeorgians! (By Martin Van Meytens, Hofburg Palace)
Laurence Sterne, #GloriousGeorgian, died #otd 1768. He relished the notoriety of Tristram Shandy: "One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies—the best is, they abuse and buy it at such a rate that we are going on with a 2nd edition!"