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CROGLIN VAMPIRE. Attacks a Miss Fisher in Cumberland, England (1750s, documented 1871). The #vampire scratches at the window, disappearing into a vault, only 1 coffin remains intact & there shrivelled but quite entire stands the the Croglin Vampire #FiendsAndGhouls
I visited collections at @bristolmuseum a few wks ago to check out really old books from the 1750s onwards about plants in Jamaica #realLife
Beauty break of #silk & #lace for #textiletuesday: #Handpainted #silk (prob. produced in #China for #AsianExport trade); #brocaded #silk (possibly English from #Spitalfields) & handmade #lace —all c1750s-80s) #studycollection
CROGLIN VAMPIRE. First appears in Cumberland to a Miss Fisher 1750s; story is retold by Augustus Hare, 1871. The vampire scratches at the window, disappearing into a vault, when opened only 1 coffin remains intact & there shrivelled but quite entire stands the The Croglin Vampire
"Lesson in Astronomy" (late 1750s), by Venetian artist Giuseppe Angeli (1709-1798) @state_hermitage https://t.co/Q42pjdM1f5
Fantastic news! Swords of the King makes the Shortlist for the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction https://t.co/3royyIGfWW & congrats to friends and fellow authors in this group!
Hello twitter, here are some portraits of Ordinary Folk. Because, as sparkly as they are, History is not all about Rich People.
– watercress seller (1780)
– kitchen servant at Oxford (c1680s)
– [believed to be] Washington's enslaved cook (c1795)
– Hogarth's servants (1750s)
L’Assomption de la Vierge, François Boucher, 1758-1760 #spiritualrococo #francoisboucher #viergemarie #virginmary #assumptionoftheblessedvirginmary #catholicism #sublime #clouds #18emesiecle #18thcentury #18thcenturyart #1750s #rococo #rocaille #peinture… https://t.co/hhrfzN9Lcj
A little drummer boy, scent flask, 1750s, made at the St. James's factory, just south of @Fortnums (est. 1707), with L'HEURE DU BERGER FIDELLE 😉 Come see them and others over Christmas in Gallery 46!
Pale blue silk satin shoes, 1750s, positively encrusted with silver lace, braid & spangles; English @V_and_A