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Turner’s evocative work, The Battle of Trafalgar, for #TrafalgarDay. This was Turner’s only work by royal command and he spent nearly two weeks at St James’s making unpaid edits to suit the Admiralty. He considered that those edits ruined the painting. #art #gloriousGeorgians
Maria Branwell, mother of the Brontës, died #onthisday in 1821. Maria was just 28 when she died. #GloriousGeorgians
Grinling Gibbons died #onthisday in 1721. Walpole wrote of this master wood carver, "[Only Gibbons] gave wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species.” #gloriousGeorgians
The first women's #cricket match took place #onthisday in 1745, when the villages of Bramley and Hambledon met. Hambledon claimed the victory and The Mercury reported that, "The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game." #gloriousGeorgians
More from glorious #Yorkshire this morning. So glad I got up in time to catch this!
Robert Adam, architect, was born #onthisday in 1728. Perhaps more than anyone else, Adam is responsible for the look of Georgian Britain thanks to his patronage by rich and fashionable clients. #GloriousGeorgians
Konstancja Rzewuska, a keen Polish amateur artist. A touch of the Debbie McGee, I think!