Ruïne van Zeus Olympus tempel in oude Agrigento, 1778 https://t.co/8i3DIDM4Rl

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Watson and the Shark, 1778, by John Singleton Copley,

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5 Dec 1778 Continental Congress approves disgraced Gen Charles Lee’s court-martial sentence & relieves him of command for a year.

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Lady Caroline Howard (1778)
by Joshua Reynolds
Style: Rococo

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27 Nov 1778 British Carlisle Commission, headed by the Earl of Carlisle, sails home from NYC having failed to achieve a negotiated peace settlement by offering self-rule & parliamentary representation vs independence to colonies.

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Fact Chef Pig wrote the "Angry Birds Bad Piggies' Egg Recepies" book.

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Mrs. Thrale and her Daughter Hester (Queeney), 1778

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An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
dated 1778
Shaikh Zain al–Din Indian
https://t.co/mo4wpBCxyc
"bird ... appears to step up on the branch of the Bauhinia purpurea, while the moth rests lightly on the flower to drink its nectar"

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ヴィクトリーはケッペル(1778年)、ケンペンフェルト(1782年)、ハウ(1782、89~90年)、サムエル・フッド(1790~94年)、ジャーヴィス(1795~97年)等、幾多の名将の旗艦として活躍、老朽化で1765年進水の本艦は一度は捕虜用の病院船となります。が、98門艦インプレグナブル海難後、現役復帰が決まります

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Frans brigantijn schip l'Heureuse Marianne waarop het reisgezelschap van Valette naar Agrigento vaarde, 1778 https://t.co/u32FwPWYnI

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The Cupid Seller
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Joseph-Marie Vien, the Elder
Prints, Engraving
French, 1778

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