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In a not very effective effort to avoid prying eyes the duchess of Beaufort (born 1711) & her lover Lord Talbot arranged assignations in the equivalent of a country lay-by.
Unsurprisingly the coachmen were watching & later gave evidence against.

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2020-08-14

In this painting on silk, Nagasawa Rosetsu captures the playfulness of some adorable even giving them smiles as they watch a butterfly land on a rose. (#18thcentury, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art).

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2020-08-08

Wigs: Their Wearers and Eighteenth-Century Anecdotes - In the eighteenth century, those who wore almost always powdered them. By the 1780s, young men were moving away from wigs and were powdering their ... https://t.co/o7UhB4RdrO

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2020-08-06

Wigs: Their Wearers and Eighteenth-Century Anecdotes - In the eighteenth century, those who wore almost always powdered them. By the 1780s, young men were moving away from wigs and were powdering their ... https://t.co/PoHdo2SUPl

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2020-08-03

Born 27Jul1768 Charlotte Corday, assassin of Jean-Paul Marat. Learn more about the murder: https://t.co/vdjpovjT1j

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2020-07-27

Unknown School.

An artist's studio, c.1725-1735.

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2020-07-14

that Frans Hals's was once in the possession of a famous French prince? 🦁

Evidence suggests that during the Hals’s work was displayed alongside Vermeer's in a castle owned by Prince Adam, also known as

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2020-07-10

Born 6Jul1762 Elizabeth Farren, Irish actress of the late who performed over 100 characters in her repertoire and who married Edward Smith Stanly, 12th Earl of Derby. https://t.co/qH0Y1M6ljK

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2020-07-06

It's Do you know this beautiful painting?

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2020-06-30

Died 28Jun1792 Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (née Linley) was a singer who possessed great beauty and became involved with the Blue Stockings. She was the subject of several paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, as shown.

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2020-06-28

Tea Glossary and Tea Terms of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Samuel Pepys was the first person in Britain who documented drinking a cup tea, which he noted in ... https://t.co/lFwuVCetHI

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2020-06-27

Died 22June1791 Catharine Macaulay, English Whig who wrote, "The History of England from the Accession of James I to the Revolution" but as she was somewhat scandalous historians forgot about her. https://t.co/msiT1unrVn

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2020-06-22

Bonesetters: Joint Manipulators and Musculoskeletal Fixers - Bonesetters of the 1700s and 1800s were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. ... https://t.co/uIW2FhxRYM

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2020-06-21

Banyans: Garments that Gentlemen Loved - were garments that became popular with gentlemen in the 18th century. They were oriental in style being influenced by Persian and Asian clothing ... https://t.co/C4BOg3Pja0

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2020-06-20

19Jun1767 the Beast of Gévaudan, a monstrous creature who was killing French people, was killed by Jean Chastel. https://t.co/e8BhheHnQ8

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2020-06-19