Recently obsessed with David's designs for the republican uniform. Scottish physician John Moore wrote in 1792, upon seeing a man on the street in full republican uniform: "I took him for a Major of Dragoons at least. On enquiry I find he is a miniature painter."

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En 1791, il obtint de l’Assemblée constituante l’autorisation de rassembler plusieurs fragments des églises et palais détruits au sein du couvent des Petits-Augustins.

Viendront s'ajouter des éléments des tombeaux royaux saccagés à Saint-Denis, en 1792, parfois en s'interposant.

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Here is the splendid full panorama of the evacuation of British Tourists from their boat at Boulogne on May 31st 1792, complete with French welcoming committee

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18th Century men's frock coat, rear detail black silk velvet figured with silk gold yarns embroidered with gilt-silver wires, sequins & bits of glass, 1785-1792, French via

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" as though they were at a parade. "

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French Revolution - The Legislative Assembly 

From 1 October 1791 to September 1792,France was governed by the Legislative Assembly, operating under the French Constitution of 1791...

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"A Well Known Tea Table Altercation", 1792, engraved for the Carlton House Magazine. Perhaps the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert, just saying! Above them the Duke of York, whose wife refused to meet Mrs F*** causing coolness between the brothers.

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Q56711792, Militão Augusto de Azevedo, Militão Augusto de Azevedo collection https://t.co/7eKBY9Vtwu (Palette: 🖌🎨

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18th Century men's frock coat, rear detail black silk velvet figured with silk gold yarns embroidered with gilt-silver wires, sequins & bits of glass, 1785-1792, French via

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On this day in 1792, the was created. When was the last time you mailed a letter?

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Today is the birthday, in 1792, of London-born caricaturist & Dickens' illustrator, George Cruikshank.

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