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A couple of beasts from the 18thc grimoire Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros (c.1775)
Author Unknown. Held in the Wellcome Library, London

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2021-10-16

Vividly colored drawing of Seemal tree
made by Indian artist in Calcutta (18thc) from Horticultural books, prints and designs.

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2021-10-06

‘Get those men below! Man the pump! Sand the decks! Mr. Stephenson, get us out of here!’ GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE
Based on
Kindle: https://t.co/X43vc8Wr71
Print: https://t.co/0hSVAqFQh0

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2021-09-20

Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard's La Bascule (the See-saw). For more info & ink to larger image, see my Lines and Colors post: https://t.co/BaydUvO3nJ

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2021-09-16

The non-video version of that OC outfit challenge I did last month :) You had to draw your OCs in whatever you were wearing at the time. Both me n me gf were wearing Lucy & Yak overalls haha. Which do you prefer? Fancy 18thC clothes or comfy dungarees? :D

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2021-09-10

I’d like to dedicate my very first master study painting to because: ✨Rococo Aesthetics ✨

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2021-09-03

Visiting 2015 essays for today's ECF tweets:
"Pox on Both Your Houses: The Battle of the Romeos"
by Leslie Ritchie
https://t.co/WAbFljPz6b ECF 27.3-4 (2015)

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2021-08-31

In the course of the consumption of in England increased by an astonishing 2,500%

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2021-08-28

Many thanks to the 41 scholars who submitted essays so far in 2021. The ECF editors currently have 12 submissions under consideration, at various stages of the review process.
We're here! Please do send us your work:
https://t.co/XPG4qFgLaS

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2021-08-23

The Ways of the World https://t.co/zMNyD18cbe “Susie! That’s powerful wicked! God could strike you dead for speaking so!” <

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2021-08-20

Decided to make Annaleigh a redhead instead of a blonde.
Fun fact, Scotland has the world's largest population of redheads; around 13 percent of the world!


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2021-08-13

Born 12Aug1762 future King at St. James's Palace. He married his cousin Princess Caroline of Brunswick but it was unhappy as he had secretly contracted a marriage w/Maria Fitzherbert that was invalid because his father never consented.

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2021-08-12

‘Get those men below! Man the pump! Sand the decks! Mr. Stephenson, get us out of here!’ GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE
Based on
Kindle: https://t.co/X43vc8Wr71
Print: https://t.co/0hSVAqFQh0

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2021-08-09

An alternative to reading the back of the cereal box: l👀k for the 100 frolicking 🦌🦌🦌that encircle this vase inspired by bronze vessels (Zun). The hide & seek playfulness is offset by symbols like 🍑🏔& 🍄

🖼:Vase Zun with 100 Deer, Qing Dynasty,

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2021-08-08

Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - Cashmere shawls were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Joan Hart, a textile expert of today, wrote: “The artist Elizabeth Vigee ... https://t.co/ljsIUizKF0

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2021-08-01

A French privateer, originally built as a polacca, was to serve under the flags of four nations in just 8 years. She fought her most remarkable action as the brig-of-war HMS Transfer in 1799. Click: https://t.co/1GIwnPpAOw

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2021-07-24

Player's Cigarettes "Famous Beauties" (issued in 1937)
Catherine the Great, ruler of Russia, Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, chief mistress of Louis XV, Madame du Barry, final mistress of Louis XV

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2021-07-21

Anecdotes about the Woman Known as Madame de Staël - There are many anecdotes about the woman known as Born Anne Louise Germaine Necker in Paris, France, but of Swiss origin, ... https://t.co/imgxT2TxTs

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2021-07-11

Very proud to say my article on the incredible 18thC Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab is now out. Never heard of Hanna Diyab? HE CREATED ALADDIN. Or probably did. In fact he WAS Aladdin. Even though a French guy stole the idea & claimed it as his own. More:
https://t.co/VAlwhY46eU

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2021-07-08

Peter Williamson aka “Indian Peter” of the - Peter Williamson, also known as “#IndianPeter,” was a Scottish memoirist who was part showman, part entrepreneur and inventor. He ... https://t.co/r17bG9aD6J

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2021-06-28