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This shop probably wouldn’t survive a event! Pellat & Green’s London shop features displays of lead-crystal glassware, which served as symbols of refinement & wealth to the elite.

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2020-11-28

Check out Prospects of Empire: Slavery and Ecology in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain, an online exhibit from Yale University Library, curated by Hazel V. Carby and Heather Vermeulen!

Check it out here: https://t.co/8HT0ah9JwF

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2020-11-20

Humorous Clauses Proposed for The of 1753 - The Marriage Act of 1753 was enacted to require a formal ceremony of marriage because clandestine marriages achieved by crossing over the Scottish ... https://t.co/1vHpjjpbXR

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2020-11-19

RT : The discovery of the anatomy and habits of became fashionable these animals at the beginning of the and sparked fiery philosophical and theological controversies. collection

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2020-11-18

Not welcome in the 18thC Kings Arms, William Nicholson preached temperance in denouncing those who supped the A message supported by who banned pubs in whilst the bar a 1 Victoria Rd would have met with his approval.

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2020-11-18

The discovery of the anatomy and habits of became fashionable these animals at the beginning of the and sparked fiery philosophical and theological controversies. collection

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2020-11-15

Fine Arts Paris Online (25-29 Nov 2020) features 500+ pieces from 50 top galleries. Exhibits include this of a woman in vestal (c1764) by presented by https://t.co/vdFgliEHyu

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2020-11-12

Cupidon est souvent représenté les yeux bandés... Je crois que je suis souvent tombée sur celui-là😅. Bonne soirée à tous !
Œuvre de Tiepolo-1757
Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves, 1757

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2020-11-07

Marie Antoinette and Her Passion for Flowers - had a passion for so much that when her husband became king and gave her Petit Trianon, he did so saying, “You love flowers … well, I have a bouquet ... https://t.co/hP9EgA8ZKv

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2020-11-04

John Singleton Copley painted this portrait of John Adams in London in 1783 after he oversaw the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War & secured America’s independence (). 1/

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2020-11-04

The Bakemono zukushi, or Scroll, is a painted scroll from the It has an array of from Japanese folklore, mysterious creatures that appear at twilight in transitional spaces like thresholds or crossroads. 1/

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2020-10-31

Monday:
ECF on |
"Transformations of Gender and Race in Maria Riddell's Transatlantic Biopolitics," by Melissa Bailes
https://t.co/wAqjQDzNko

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2020-10-26

20Oct1816 A lioness attacks the Exeter Mail. Read this fascinating story. https://t.co/eCO9P85j8c

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2020-10-20

Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - Cashmere shawls were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Joan Hart, a textile expert of today, ... https://t.co/fcZ1hJFZ8t

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2020-10-18

Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741-1825), reconnu par les Surréalistes comme un précurseur, il a été inspiré par les œuvres de Shakespeare. Peintures inquiétantes, idéales en période d'#Halloween!!! (c'est la tête de cheval qui m'effraie le plus ! 🐴💀😢)

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2020-10-16

The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) is the largest chiropter in the New World. This drawing is from the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain (1787-1803), one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions in

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2020-10-05

Housemaids and Their Duties in the 1800s - Servants made family life easier in the eighteenth and nineteenth century and housemaids were an important part. Although today, maids work for ... https://t.co/WIsqR6uZA6

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2020-10-01

Between the years 1808-1815, Englishman William Berryman lived in Jamaica and produced over 300 sketches of landscapes and enslaved individuals (). 1/

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2020-10-01

Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/mKML1XMWGQ

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2020-09-25