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Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of Mary Hartop, Countess of Howe, 1764

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2020-05-14

Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of Elizabeth Ann Linley, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1754-1792), 1787

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2020-05-14

Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), 1785

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2020-05-14

Thomas Gainsborough was baptised in 1727. I've spent happy hours with this piece as a volunteer at when I first arrived in the UK.

The child, added later in the painting, intrigues me the most. She looks like she's about to speak...what would she say if she could?

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2020-05-15

Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of the Painters Daughters Chasing a Butterfly, ca. 1756

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2020-05-15

1727, Thomas Gainsborough baptised, Sudbury, Suffolk. Leading portrait painter & famed for wonderful 'fancy pictures' & landscapes. My favourites are these paintings of his daughters Mary & Margaret

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2020-05-15

8 Apr 1586: John Venn future regicide is baptised at Lydiard St Laurence (Houghton Library)

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2020-04-09

8 avril 1682 : Création de la Louisiane.

L’explorateur René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle prenf possession du Mississippi au nom du roi de France.

En l’honneur de Louis XIV, il baptise Louisiane la région qui s’étend du golfe du Mexique aux Grands Lacs américains.

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2020-04-08

De ta foi..suinte l'eau
Qui me rebaptisera
Et me sauvera...

Pureté

Si vous aussi..chercher l'eau claire..portez votre sourire auprès
..vous serez ressourcé(e) ou re.(b)attisé (e)

🙏🌿⚘

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2020-04-02

Les démons complotent : ainsi, un démon écume une vertueuse femme endormie. Mais le complot est gâché... elle est bien trop pure de cœur et un prêtre nommé Blaise baptise le garçon à la naissance. L'enfant est, bien sûr, Merlin.

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2020-03-06

Baptised in 1611: English Baroque painter William (1611-1646)

Portrait of a Family, Probably that of Richard Streatfeild, ca. 1645

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2020-03-05

Baptised in 1611: English Baroque painter William (1611-1646)

Portrait of King (1630-85), 1642

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2020-03-05

Antonio Vivaldi–born 1678–& immediately baptised by the midwife, either due to his poor health or bec an earthquake had shaken Venice that day. Either trauma may have caused his mother to dedicate her red-haired son to the priesthood, where he became known as The Red Priest.

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2020-03-04

Baptised in 1622: Dutch painter Carel (1622-54)

Portrait of a Lady in profile, ca. 1644

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2020-02-27

Thank God that he’s changed my life completely, rededicating my life to Christ towards the end of a tough 2019 and getting baptised in a new year and decade, I love you Lord!❤️ Mark 16:16 “he that believeth and is baptised shall be saved”🙏🏾

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2020-01-11

11 Jan 1632: Katherine Fowler, later Phillips, baptised at St Mary Woolchurch (BM) 'Matchless Orinda' - her ‘Pompée’ was premiered in Smock Alley on 10 Feb 1663

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2020-01-11

Drekavac: From South Slavic mythology, this creature appears at night, especially during the 12 days of Christmas. Coming from the souls of sinful men (or unbaptised children), it predicts death or cattle disease.

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2020-01-03

25 septembre 1513 : découverte du Pacifique.

Le conquistador espagnol Vasco Núñez de Balboa conduit une expédition à pied à travers l'actuel Panama et découvre l’océan Pacifique, qu’il baptise alors Mer du Sud.

Le nom actuel ne sera donné que 8 ans plus tard par Magellan.

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2019-09-25

FAIRIES & THE DEAD Evans Wentz (1911) recorded the Highland belief in hosts as the evil dead & Cornish Peskies as the souls of unbaptised babies, appearing at Twilight in the form of moths Images: Pirner 1888; Highgate; white plume moth

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2019-08-15