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Tales of Monkeys as Pets in the 18th Century and 19th Century - Many people desired a pet monkey in the 1700 and 1800s. One nineteenth century gentleman claimed a pet monkey was ... https://t.co/fSPMtzAmRC #monkeys #18thcentury #19thcentury
Have you ever wondered about #18thcentury culinary iconography? Check out this new blog post by Nancy Siegel about food and satire! https://t.co/Y8NyIM5GBe #FoodHist #satire
To get us all through the #SelfIsolation, we've made our Flintlock preview FREE. Take care of yourself with some #18thcentury heroines, from pirates to highwaymen! https://t.co/pyH8DRmpRt
If you're working from home and don't have easy access to ECF articles online via an institutional proxy, please email me so that I may help: ecf@mcmaster.ca
If it's only one or two articles, I can send a pdf file directly to you. Just ask. #18thcentury #whatwedo
Died #OnThisDay 18Mar1745 Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain and although exact dates are debated, the period of 1721–42 is often used. He holds record as longest-serving Prime Minister in Britain. #primeminister #18thcentury
Bedford Coffee House: A Popular Spot Edit - Located in the north-west corner, under the Piazza in Covent Garden, Bedford Coffee House was supposedly modeled on Button’s Coffee House. Bedford’s was ... https://t.co/UvfF0bMTbr #Bedfordcoffee #18thcentury #18thc
Thomas Lawrence painted this portrait of Irish poet Catherine Grey in the guise of #Juno, hence the peacock (1794, @ClevelandArt). However, she rejected it & it never sold when he exhibited it at the Royal Academy later that year.
#HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury #portraiture
ECF Spring 2020 (32.2) drops in April, and I cannot stop thinking abt the great articles in that issue:
"Plebeianizing the Female Soldier: Radical Liberty and The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies"
by Fraser Easton
#18thcentury #readecf https://t.co/bzNRfGLQUP
While Spring 2020 is not due until April, I cannot stop thinking about the great articles that will run in that issue, including:
"Robinson Crusoe and the Earthy Ground"
by James Robert Wood
#18thcentury #readecf https://t.co/bzNRfGLQUP
Though we weren't lucky enough to find a #FourLeafClover 🍀in our collections for #StPatricksDay, here are lovely watercolor leaves in our French herbarium manuscript, possibly #18thCentury. Explore this & 100+ other digitized #RareBooks: https://t.co/RQDOj5jPQ0.
#MuseumFromHome
Madame Récamier’s Bedroom: A Masterpiece - Everyone wanted to see #MadameRécamier’s bedroom at her house located in the Chaussée d’Antin that had once belonged to Jacques Necker, minister to Louis XVI. The ... https://t.co/wsGDPTUUf2 #18thcentury #19thcentury
Portrait of the notorious #18thcentury highwayman James McLaine, bust-length, standing and looking to left, wearing hat, short wig, open jacket, waistcoat, and neckerchief tied in a bow; in an oval. #highwaymen #robbers
Doctoring the Ladies: Although not allowed to study at university, women in 18th-century England still found ways to join – and challenge – the scholarly world https://t.co/y4JqdYR7vx via @HistoryToday #history #HERstory #18thcentury #education
Detail, Linen Market, Agostino Brunias, late 18th century #vastearlyamerica #agostinobrunias #drums #music #parasol #dominica #caribbean #caribbeanart #antilles #lesserantilles #westindies #ilessouslevent #colonialamerica #18thcentury #painting #arthisto… https://t.co/d9UBRAnbfv
Died #OnThisDay 26Feb1789 Famous #racehorse Eclipse. He was unbeaten, won 18 races, and had amazing proportions. Eclipse was also termed a “thick-winded horse, and puffed and roared so as to be heard at a considerable distance.” https://t.co/4EAeAof0K0 #18thcentury
i want to draw some boobies.
@NK_asperako #ineffable18thcentury #GoodOmensFanArt
Jean-Baptiste Vanloo's painting shows an elegant hunting party of the type enjoyed by Louis XV and his court. This oil sketch is a study for a picture painted in 1737 for Louis XV's dining room at the Château de Fontainebleau. #vanloo #louisxv #18thcentury
Absolutely loved the Georgians: #PrideandPrejudice exhibition @worcestermuseum with @becky_wilks today. Our favourite things all in one place 😍
#janeausten #18thcentury #costume
“If it does, then we might employ your grandfather’s plan to remove mine from these shores. Transportation to the Americas, was it not?”
“What a capital notion!” https://t.co/w27F9yBBSv #historical #18thCentury