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An Indian Lady painted by Thomas Hickey. This is nelieved to be Hickey's Bengali partner, Jemdanee.
A melancholy portrait of Queen Charlotte... https://t.co/WU1AefkdEX #art #onthisday #royal
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, by Wordsworth. https://t.co/Dr9ydhQ8yi
Napoleon abdicated #onthisday in 1814. Thanks to Abba, we all know what happened to him! #gloriousGeorgians
"Pity, Pity - Too Late!": The Death of Beethoven. https://t.co/pjvedEXMMQ
Maria Malibran, opera diva, was born #onthisday 1808. Known for her intense behaviour and Rossini wrote, "Ah! That wonderful creature! [...] with her superior mind, her breadth of knowledge and unimaginable fieriness of temperament she outshone all other women I have known…."
The post-mortem travels of the fabulous Laurence Sterne! https://t.co/HYrcV72Sfc
The riches to rags tale of composer Niccolo Porpora, who died #onthisday... https://t.co/QjdV12v2dg
Konstancja Rzewuska, a keen Polish amateur artist. A touch of the Debbie McGee, I think! #GloriousGeorgians
#2 in my #gloriousGeorgians #ChristmasDay #art series is The Four Seasons: Winter by François Boucher, 1755.