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When Frederick William I of Prussia was feeling down, he had a legion of strapping soldiers known as the Potsdam Giants march through his bedroom to cheer him up! He was born #onthisday in 1688. #gloriousGeorgians
“This old hat? I just threw this on.” The ladies of Le Bon Genre model their most understated headgear. #gloriousgeorgians via the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
I think they need a bigger garden. Fun and games for the ladies of Le Bon Genre. #GloriousGeorgians via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
I love this chipper gal, she looks as though she’s got plenty to say! A Kitchen Scene by Paul Sandby. #gloriousGeorgians via the Royal Collection Trust.
Just two gals earning an honest crust! The Pretty Milleners, 1781. #gloriousGeorgians via the British Museum.
Grinling Gibbons died #onthisday 1721. Walpole wrote, "There is no instance of a man before who 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
Princess Augusta of Great Britain was born #onthisday in 1737. Horace Walpole wrote that she "was lively, and much inclined to meddle in the private politics of the Court. #royal #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
This travelling gal from the Decretum Gratiani is flying first class all the way!
Actual footage of the ideal pub for social distancing - up a tree! Landscape with a Hut in an Oak Tree - 'The Man in the Moon Inn', by Anthony Devis. #gloriousGeorgians via the Harris Museum and Art Gallery.