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Madame Récamier’s Bedroom: A Masterpiece - Everyone wanted to see bedroom at her house located in the Chaussée d’Antin that had once belonged to Jacques Necker, minister to Louis XVI. The ... https://t.co/wsGDPTUUf2

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2020-03-11

Portrait of the notorious highwayman James McLaine, bust-length, standing and looking to left, wearing hat, short wig, open jacket, waistcoat, and neckerchief tied in a bow; in an oval.

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2020-03-07

Died 26Feb1789 Famous Eclipse. He was unbeaten, won 18 races, and had amazing proportions. Eclipse was also termed a “thick-winded horse, and puffed and roared so as to be heard at a considerable distance.” https://t.co/4EAeAof0K0

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2020-02-26

Jean-Baptiste Vanloo's painting shows an elegant hunting party of the type enjoyed by Louis XV and his court. This oil sketch is a study for a picture painted in 1737 for Louis XV's dining room at the Château de Fontainebleau.

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2020-02-17

The Bottle Conjuror of 1749 - On 16 January 1749, at the New Theater in Haymarket, an anonymous person known as the “#BottleConjuror” or “Bottle Conjurer” was set to perform a variety of amazing feats at six-thirty ... https://t.co/1JzWJWwETD

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2020-02-07

Pirate copies of work is nothing new. Find out how it was dealt with in the at our Annual Lecture taking place this month.

Book your place now!

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2020-02-01

"He cast off a certain damsel of the Court there and then. If Mary was Perdita, he was to be Florizel. But, of late, I fancy there’s a change in the wind. Mrs Robinson takes her position a shade too seriously..." https://t.co/odeDJUSCCN

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2020-01-30

The Phrygian Cap or the Cap of Liberty: The phrygian cap — a soft, conical, brimless cap from antiquity — came to be associated with freedom and was adopted as the “Cap of Liberty” during the It was first used ...

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2020-01-28

Stories About the French Revolution by Those Who Lived It: Stories about the French Revolution frequently begin with the fall of the Bastille that happened on 14 July 1789 when revolutionaries stormed ... https://t.co/LQ1nIuZzKr

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2020-01-26

French Revolution: Last Words of Those Who Died: The was a tumultuous ten-year period from 1789 to 1799 that had far-reaching social and political affects. During this time, there were... https://t.co/kknjN6IIgR

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2020-01-21

Stories About the French Revolution by Those Who Lived It: Stories about the frequently begin with the fall of the Bastille that happened on 14 July 1789 when revolutionaries stormed ... https://t.co/uxnVlWebBo

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2020-01-20

16Jan1749 The Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket and when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK

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2020-01-16

What Marie Antoinette Wore in the Eighteenth Century: In the eighteenth century everyone talked about what wore and she came to be perceived by the French public as a ... https://t.co/EnwKvRa9Gw

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2020-01-11

When your wife looks good in everything so you gotta get the whole store. I'm so in love with married au! Bonus Zira in Crowley's color pallet.

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2020-01-07

Trying something new:
a thread of Jane Austen articles in ECF,
sort of an "instant special issue" from the archives.
First up:
Jane Austen and “Banal Shakespeare,” by Megan Taylor
ECF Volume 27, Number 1, Fall 2014, pp. 105-125
https://t.co/E3vDmn2VdT

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2019-11-13

10Nov1793 the was celebrated in France and was based on the state-sponsored religion, The Cult of Reason. However, it didn’t last long as it was it was replaced by Robespierre’s Cult of the Supreme Being. https://t.co/aotAToIqDA

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2019-11-11

Princesse de Lamballe’s Travels: Anecdotes and Tales - Her included many places in and around France. Sometimes she traveled with the King and Queen’s court, her sister-in-law, or her adopted... https://t.co/n2vpYk9wUM

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2019-11-09