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Up for auction at Sotheby's: Daniel Gardner's intriguing watercolour portrait of a young dated to the 1780s.

Here's hoping that it lands somewhere where it will be available for research🤞



https://t.co/lZ99vtIKbg

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2022-12-05

Sea air, Norwegian coast, 19th century.

by Hans Gude.

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2022-11-28

Catherine of Braganza was born on 1638 (ns) in Alentejo, Portugal, daughter of the duke of Braganza, later King John IV (the Fortunate).
In 1662 she married Charles II.
A much under-rated Queen Consort.

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2022-11-25

Attitude towards life. "The perfume for this winter,", 1926/27.

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2022-11-21

Attila, Koloman, Johann Zapolya, and Matthias Corvinus. Lithography, a popular method in the first half of the 19th century.

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2022-10-04

Died 1719 "without a groan" George Smalridge, bishop of Bristol.
Very wrong, but always struggle not to equate him with von Smallhausen of Allo Allo fame...

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2022-09-27

Great to hear Dr. Liz Ellis of kick off 2022 with an overview of her important new book, The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South.

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2022-09-23

Captain Hardy (died 1839) depicted supporting the dying Nelson at Trafalgar; he appears rather oddly in a red army coat rather than his Navy one, presumably just to make him distinct from Nelson at centre-stage...

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2022-09-20

Illumination, preferences and tastes, 19th and early 20th century.

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2022-09-16

Kitchen utensils for a tasty lunch, the 1730s.

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2022-09-14

New (almost) Truss's birthday (26 July) is the anniversary of the first (recorded) women's match, played near Guildford in 1745.

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2022-09-06