"Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying the Lamp”. 1779-1784. French. Louis-Jean Desprez, artist (1743-1804). Collection of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York.

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Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713–10 August 1784) was a Scottish painter.1

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Samuel Johnson (18 Sep 1709 – 13 Dec 1784) was a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. Book shown is in stock. https://t.co/cW2eROD50w
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And finally, last week’s Thursday Madame Charles-Pierre Pecoul, painted in 1784 by Jacques-Louis David (she looks much happier in the original)

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Three Horatii brothers swear an oath of self-sacrifice, while the ladies delicately weep. They were not consulted! As depicted by Jacques-Louis David (whose day is today) in 1784.

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17 Aug 1785, Jonathan Trumbull, governor of both the colony & state of CT, dies in Lebanon, CT. Trumbull served continuously in his capacity as governor of first the colony and then the state of Connecticut until 1784, the only governor to do so.

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1784: Death Nathaniel Hone the Elder RA. Portrait/miniature painter. Dad Dutch merchant. Settled in London. A founder . Had 1 man shows! Gr-grand-nephew Nathaniel Hone the Younger! Relation Evie Hone https://t.co/m3BOolYczs https://t.co/5bmTSFzDYy

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Giacomo Cavenezia, Floral Designs and Floral Bands, 1784 https://t.co/oB4uEntQMA

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Standing Male Nude
Art by French artist Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784)

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South African Giraffe

The Southern African Giraffe was discovered in 1784 by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Individuals live in savannahs and woodlands. Rough estimates put the population of the Southern African Giraffe to be around 35,000 Southern African Giraffes indivi

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In this painting by Henry Fuseli we see Oedipus with his daughters receiving his summons for death, at this point in the story he is blind so you can see him listening to the thunder foreshaddowing his death!

The Death of Oedipus, Henry Fuseli, 1783–1784

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https://t.co/Hwc4CtxZoH Study of feathers. 1812. Watercolor. Sarah Biffin, later Mrs. Wright (1784-1850), artist. Inscribed "Drawn by Miss Biffin 1812" on the lower center.

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In summer 1784 Polly Wilkes was in & clearly gasping for a good cup of Wilkes undertook to smuggle some out to her warning 'It must go in small parcels, as it is strongly prohibited'

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