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Pirate copies of work is nothing new. Find out how it was dealt with in the #18thCentury at our Annual Lecture taking place this month.
Book your #free place now!
https://t.co/9rX9AmYhA1
#LecturesLondon #Publication
"He cast off a certain damsel of the Court there and then. If Mary was Perdita, he was to be Florizel. But, of late, I fancy there’s a change in the wind. Mrs Robinson takes her position a shade too seriously..." https://t.co/odeDJUSCCN #18thcentury #London
The Phrygian Cap or the Cap of Liberty: The phrygian cap — a soft, conical, brimless cap from antiquity — came to be associated with freedom and was adopted as the “Cap of Liberty” during the #FrenchRevolution. It was first used ... #capofliberty #18thcentury
Stories About the French Revolution by Those Who Lived It: Stories about the French Revolution frequently begin with the fall of the Bastille that happened on 14 July 1789 when revolutionaries stormed ... https://t.co/LQ1nIuZzKr #18thcentury #18thc #FrRev
French Revolution: Last Words of Those Who Died: The #FrenchRevolution was a tumultuous ten-year period from 1789 to 1799 that had far-reaching social and political affects. During this time, there were... https://t.co/kknjN6IIgR #18thcentury #lastwords
Stories About the French Revolution by Those Who Lived It: Stories about the #FrenchRevolution frequently begin with the fall of the Bastille that happened on 14 July 1789 when revolutionaries stormed ... https://t.co/uxnVlWebBo #18thcentury #18thc
#OnThisDay 16Jan1749 The Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket and when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK #georgian #18thc #18thcentury
What Marie Antoinette Wore in the Eighteenth Century: In the eighteenth century everyone talked about what #MarieAntoinette wore and she came to be perceived by the French public as a ... https://t.co/EnwKvRa9Gw #18thcentury #fashionhistory
When your wife looks good in everything so you gotta get the whole store. I'm so in love with @NK_asperako #ineffable18thcentury married au! Bonus Zira in Crowley's color pallet.
( #goodomensfanart #goodomens #ineffablehusbands #ineffablespouses #femaziraphale @ineffablehbweek )
It’s #MicroMonday! Do you recognize the source for these angry babies?
#HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!! 🎊🎊🎊 @NK_asperako I hope you like this little present of my own, your AU is super cute keep the good job this 2020 💕💕 #GoodOmens #comic #digitalart #Crowly #Aziraphale #aziraphalexcrowley #azirowly #GoodOmensFanArt #NK_18thcentury_dtiys
Died #OnThisDay 1748 Charles Seymour "Proud" duke of #Somerset.
Both he & his duchess were major figures at the court of Queen Anne
https://t.co/mubCTscfP4
#favourite #HistParl #18thcentury
Phrase of the day: "froth and whipsillabub" - what people made of promises made to the population of #Glamorgan by the bishops of Llandaff in the #18thcentury
#WordOfTheDay
Beautiful engraving from
Recueil des plans, élévations et coupes; an #18thcentury folio on French gardens and castles by Emmanuel Héré.
#architecture #frencharchitecture #emmanuelhere #rarebooks https://t.co/K9E7ncH0Cr
Louis Jean Desprez produced Tomb with Sphinx (c. 1779-1784, Cleveland Museum of Art) using aquatint and engraving printmaking techniques. He drew inspiration from southern Italian catacombs, but added fictional elements like the feet of the deceased.
#HECAA #18thcentury #art
Trying something new:
a thread of Jane Austen articles in ECF,
sort of an "instant special issue" from the archives.
First up:
Jane Austen and “Banal Shakespeare,” by Megan Taylor
ECF Volume 27, Number 1, Fall 2014, pp. 105-125
https://t.co/E3vDmn2VdT
#18thcentury #readecf
#OnThisDay 10Nov1793 the #FestivalofReason was celebrated in France and was based on the state-sponsored religion, The Cult of Reason. However, it didn’t last long as it was it was replaced by Robespierre’s Cult of the Supreme Being. https://t.co/aotAToIqDA #18thcentury
Princesse de Lamballe’s Travels: Anecdotes and Tales - Her #travels included many places in and around France. Sometimes she traveled with the King and Queen’s court, her sister-in-law, or her adopted... https://t.co/n2vpYk9wUM #18thcentury #princessedelamballe
It’s #MicroMonday! Anyone recognize this work?
#HECAA #arthistory #art #18thcentury