Road from Market (c.1767-8) by Thomas Gainsborough (England, 1727-1788).

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A Nightmare by Giovanni David (Italy, 1743-1790).

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The invention of the hot air balloon in the late 1700s provided a dramatic and romantic way for intrepid meteorologists to risk their lives - reaching higher and higher to study our atmosphere

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This is Floriana, a unicorn fae who was kidnapped to be bride to an aristocrats son in 1700s France. Fled & spirited the son away with them. Colour palette inspired by moonstone and dappled lipizzan horses ✨

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The Toad School and the Rat Wedding, Vietnamese woodcuts (Tranh Đông Hồ) 16-1700s

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During the 1700s, 20% of all women in London were prostitutes.

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The delight of my eyes today. Zoroaster's Clavis Artis, a book of alchemy published in Germany in the 1700s.

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David Alder on history of Not only traditionally fem. 🍸, but also was sold mainly by ♀️ street peddlers in 1700s 🇬🇧.

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Illuminati was a real secret society in the 1700s. Illuminati spelled backwards https://t.co/mbZagexRmE leads you to https://t.co/mfA3Uqtsm1

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portraying sleeping beauty in different time periods
1600s Germany Witch Trials -> 1700s Philippines Spanish Colonization

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Original painting by Thomas Wyck.
This version engraved by Louis-Claude Le Grand in the 1700s.

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