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On this day, 5th January 1781, Richmond, Virginia, was burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
FULL VIDEO ON AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE: https://t.co/Px9ZC4Rr54

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2021-01-05

Another charming early modern owner/animal this time Joseph Wright's 'Maria, from Sterne' (1781) (Ferens Art Gallery).

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2021-01-03

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (September 17, 1734 – September 30, 1781) was a French etcher and painter.

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2020-12-28

Advent Calendar 2020, Explained!


1. German Calligraphic Calendar Manuscript, 1617
https://t.co/X3Do2Zw1S8

2. Albrecht Dürer, World Map, 1515 (1781)
https://t.co/ceuZJfjsSQ

3. Girdle Book and Master BF miniature
https://t.co/Olcw82eYLg
https://t.co/5KYkBZnyRV

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2020-12-25

🐦 Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame vogelen
Te Amsterdam: By Jan Christiaan Sepp, Boekverkooper, 1772-1781.
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2020-12-16

Day 13
Will had sweaty nights for quite a reason.

(using "The Nightmare", by Henry Fuseli, 1781)

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2020-12-13

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1781 – 1841, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter; View of an Italian landscape

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2020-11-25

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1781 – 1841, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter; Ancient city on a mountain

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2020-11-25

Robert Dighton (1751–1814)
A Dutch dogger towing into Port, by the Lively Frigate & Blast Fire-Ship
Issued as a print, 25 July 1781
Ink and watercolour on paper

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2020-11-18

Incorporé dans l'escadre du comte de Grasse peu après la victoire de la Chesapeake, le Duc de Bourgogne prendra part au siège de Yorktown en oct. 1781. Sous le commandement du marquis de Coriolis d'Espinouse, il participa aux batailles de Saint-Christophe et des Saintes en 1782.

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2020-10-20

➤ "La pesadilla", también conocida como "El íncubo", es un cuadro de Johann Heinrich Füsslihabrá hbará sido tan fuerte que hay varias versiones del tema
➤Aporto la de 1781, perteneciente al ; y otra de 1790-91, ubicada en Goethes Elternhaus
¡Qué pesadilla!

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2020-10-20

19 octobre 1781 : le général Cornwallis capitule face aux indépendantistes américains. 7500 soldats anglais de la base de Yorktown en Virginie se rendent. Ils étaient coupés de la mer par la flotte française du comte de Grasse, sans espoir de victoire.

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2020-10-19

12 Oct 1781 Yorktown, VA The second parallel is threatened by British fire from Redoubts 9 & 10. The allies began preparations to reduce these troublesome strong points.

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2020-10-12

The royal yacht Fubbs, named by Charles II after his nickname for Louise de Kerouaille. Designed by Phineas Pett and built in 1682 at Greenwich, Fubbs was ketch-rigged and underwent several rebuilds before being scrapped in 1781

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2020-10-10

Divertimenti in villa: l'altalena
Giuseppe Zais (Italian, 1709 - 1781)

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2020-09-23