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Wundersam Gefühl vom Eintritt ins dreysigste Jahr. Und Veränderung mancher GesichtsPunkte.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Weimar, 31. August 1778
Cousins Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and Lady Elizabeth Murray. Belle is known for her unusual social standing as a Black heiress in 18th century Britain
The portrait is also unique for the way Belle is positioned, showing her as an equal
Portrait by David Martin, c. 1778
17 août 1778 : Naissance de Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, peintre allemand
#Otd 1778: Papists Act 1778. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. eg granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! 1st rolling back penal laws https://t.co/rJ2kINH3Cs https://t.co/2mekELNlN7
Lady Caroline Howard, 1778 https://t.co/I3giRom6pl #rococo #joshuareynolds
毎年8月16日の夕方、京都では「五山の送り火」が行われます。こちらは、四条派の画家 岡本豊彦(1778-1845)の「大文字」です。
#日本美術 #四条派 #岡本豊彦 #お盆 #送り火 #大文字
#japaneseart #hangingscroll #kyoto #daimonji
Isabella, Lady Beauchamp, 1778 https://t.co/oTl4V4Smt3 #reynolds #rococo
A beautiful plate from Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français, derailing the latest trends in fashion, 1778
James Barry, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1778 https://t.co/Ns8BbwqXAB #jamesbarry #tatemuseum
My favourite image today from the Gallerie des modes et costumes français (1778–85): this 'voluptuous beauty, taking alternately perfect love and ices, while waiting for pleasures more worthy of her...' @laBnF
Marie-Madeleine Lachenais (1778-1843). Nicknamed “The President of Two Presidents”, she was regarded as the most politically influential and powerful woman in Haitian history. She was the mistress and political advisor of presidents Alexandre Sabès Pétion and Jean-Pierre Boyer
John Singleton Copley's Watson and the Shark (1778).
Subject of our latest Collections post: https://t.co/QxaR9Sx69a
Mrs. Thrale and her Daughter Hester (Queeney), 1778 #joshuareynolds #rococo
For #WorldSnakeDay, here is (allegedly) the most famous snake as featured in Cleopatra's Suicide- copy of an earlier painting by Jacopo Cestaro (1717–1778) from @uoacollections @artukdotorg
#worldsnakeday2021 #art
3/3 More family pets: Lady Elizabeth Delmé (w/ extra-big hair), her Children, & their A+ dog, in 1778. By Sir Joshua Reynolds, who always give the animals their due.