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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

Many fascinating topics in the most recent ECF special issue:
"Transformations of Gender and Race in Maria Riddell's Transatlantic Biopolitics," by Melissa Bailes
ECF 32.1, 2019
https://t.co/3fb2qLhoob

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2020-06-17

Another from the most recent ECF special issue:
"Crusoe's Animals, Annotated: Cats, Dogs, and Disease in the Naval Chronicle Edition of Robinson Crusoe, 1815" by Lucinda Cole
ECF 32.1, 2019
https://t.co/9Pp2TI8mxY

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2020-06-17

The courtship ritual of giving a young woman a bird in a cage symbolized that she held his heart. In the background, a Temple of Vesta has connotations of and 2/

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2020-06-16

Chateau de Saint-Cloud in the 1700s and 1800s - The was built on a woody hill that overlooked the left bank of the Seine River about three miles west of Paris. It had been ... https://t.co/l1fYxEF1Tl

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2020-06-12

Chateau de Saint-Cloud in the 1700s and 1800s - The was built on a woody hill that overlooked the left bank of the Seine River about three miles west of Paris. It had been ... https://t.co/begIGPkHo2

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2020-06-08

Born 7Jun1757 Georgiana Cavendish, was an English socialite, style icon, author, and activist. She married William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and garnered much attention during her lifetime. https://t.co/Hy8yjsTUlL

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2020-06-07