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Another choice by curator, Kat, is Sir Joshua Reynold's 'Lady Bampfylde' (1776-77) held at the .

We have a mezzotint engraving by Thomas Watson of the same image, apparently so sought-after they turned Lady Bampfylde into an 18thC pin-up!

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2020-05-07

Born 6May1758 Maximilien influential figure of French Revolution and Reign of Terror. His personal responsibility for the excesses of the Terror remains the subject of intense debate among historians.

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2020-05-06

And Cupid weeps too. Venus with the dead Adonis by 18thc Bordeaux painter Courrège

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2020-04-30

Time for an break!
Studying history can be a fascinating thing to do, and what better way to bring it to life than through shows/movies/plays?
What are your favorites?

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2020-04-29

Madame Juliette Récamier: Her Allure and Beauty - Madame Juliette Récamier was a socialite whose loveliness was internationally hailed. Many people mentioned her beauty. Among them was her ... https://t.co/oUvPxRybcU

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2020-04-25

Madame Juliette Récamier: Her Allure and Beauty - Madame was a socialite whose loveliness was internationally hailed. Many people mentioned her beauty. Among them was her adopted ... https://t.co/i2TmRgV4jd

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2020-04-24

Died 23Apr1829 The Irish Elizabeth Farren Irish actress of the late 18thcentury who had over 100 characters in her repertoire and who married Edward Smith Stanly, 12th Earl of Derby. Learn more: https://t.co/rkFVHk70hX

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2020-04-23

Bringing a sense of whimsy to art in the 18th century: How Rococo reflects a change of ideology in a new era for France.

https://t.co/1N1OLypxDr

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2020-04-23

Habiliments! I love that word.
Clothes without Bodies: Objects, Humans, and the Marketplace in Eighteenth-Century It-Narratives and Trade Cards
by Chloe Wigston Smith
https://t.co/zND2QSbQPj

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2020-04-22

And now for some ECF essays on habiliments:
Colonial Discourse on Irish Dress and the Self as “Outward Dress”: Swift’s Sartorial Self-Fashioning
by Siyeon Lee
https://t.co/4mTSTC69UR

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2020-04-22

Died 17Apr1794 the pioneering French midwife, Angélique du Coudray. Born in 1712, the same year as the King of Prussia (Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great) and the Enlightenment ... https://t.co/kYW0PXzXRy

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2020-04-17

The ECF editors recognize that people might not be available for this type of work right now,
but do get in touch if u would like to write a book review. Deadlines are very generous.
Email: ecf.ca
Send your name, institution, and topics of interest, please.

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2020-04-16

VIRTUAL WARGAMES CONVENTION
Ken Trotman Ltd https://t.co/7uBUEeitwV
Another fantastic resource for reenactors and wargamers. Publications getting into he really nitty-gritty of history. How did Fench infantry move in the 18thc? Get the book and to see!

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2020-04-15

American Plot to Save From the Guillotine - On a slightly misty day on 16 October 1793 the Queen was guillotined. However, before it reached that point, there were a variety of plots to ... https://t.co/PledIbv1hH

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2020-04-11

Engraving of France's queen, Marie Antoinette, in 1793 published by Thomas Cheesman.

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2020-04-09

Born 7Apr1772 F M Charles Fourier, a French philosopher, early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of Some of Fourier's social and moral views, held to be radical in his lifetime, are mainstream in modern society.

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2020-04-07

Born 2Apr1740 Armand-Gaston Camus a French revolutionist who was exchanged for Marie Thérèse of France (the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette) in November of 1795. Learn more about this exchange: https://t.co/fzUfQwQRUT

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2020-04-02

Clementina Clerke and Richard Vining Perry: Their - One of the more well-known elopements of the 1790s involved a precocious 14-year-old girl named and a handsome Bristol surgeon-apothecary ... https://t.co/hzoVYllC6K

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2020-04-02