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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Durant la guerre d'Indépendance américaine, le Saint-Esprit prit notamment part aux batailles d'Ouessant en 1778, de la baie de Chesapeake en 1781 et de Saint-Christophe en 1782 (tableau du peintre anglais Nicholas Pocock).

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Mexico City / Mexico🇲🇽1/1

Places in the Photo:
-Plaza del Zócalo (1523)

-Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
-Palacio de Bellas Artes
-Castillo de Chapultepec (1778)

-Pyramid of the Sun (200)
-National Flag of Mexico

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An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
Dated 1778,
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper


Love the details of every flower, bud, leaf, bird, insect. This has to be one of Shaikh Zain Al-Din's greatest paintings.

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Richard Dietrich
In Pursuit of History .... John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark"
1778.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
West Building, Main Floor
The scale is huge at 71 11/16 x 90 7/16 in.

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