Born in 1776: of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, daughter of King

Portrait with her sisters Sophia (1777-1848) & Amelia (1783-1810) by (1738-1815), 1785

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prayers to family and friends 🦋

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“The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn’t get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.”
- 🖊🎞🎥📽 End scene. 🎬

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Abigail Bromfield Rogers (1753-1791), step-niece of John Singleton Copley, who painted her at Windsor Castle circa 1784 after she had fled Boston for London a few years earlier https://t.co/fzCwNCGUuh

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This grisly scene caused a sensation when first exhibited (and made the artist a fortune through selling prints of its design.) It's one of those images that still holds power today in the gallery. Detail, Watson and the Shark, 1778.

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is on ! 'Watson and the Shark' by depicts a rescue that occurred in 1749.

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Another painting I'm discovering bc a student wrote about it. What an uncomfortable dress.

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