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"A hot-tempered, sailor-like man of unmistakable honesty & sterling goodness of heart", Thomas Coram–died #OTD 1751–was shocked by the sight of infants exposed in the streets, often in a dying state, & agitated the great & the good for 17 years to build a foundling hospital.
Born #OnThisDay in 1751: Archduchess #MariaJosephaofAustria (1751-67), daughter of Holy Roman Emperors #MariaTheresa & #FranzI
Portrait by Jean-Étienne #Liotard (1702-89), 1762
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1749: Princess #LouisaofGreatBritain (1749-68), granddaughter of King #GeorgeII
Portrait with sister Caroline Matilda (1751-75) by #FrancisCotes (1726-70), 1767
#Hanover #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt
François Boucher (c1751) depicts the courtesan Mademoiselle O’Murphy in this drawing. A girl of Irish extraction she holds the laurels for possibly being the most famous Irish woman in art. The drawing is a new acquisition- for comparison here’s the finished picture (in Cologne)
Résultats du concours artistique ma bulle @Polymanga 2020. Vote du Public
1 Chane 2185
2 Nogi San 2142
3 ELK 1751
4 DRAGIBUZ 1664
5 Xunpaw 1181
6 Arkestar 1110
7 Tyron's Gearing 1028
8 Yami Shin 1013
9 Mégane Lepage 917
10 Djet 905
On this day in 1751, 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent). #monkey #ZombieMonkey #PerformingMonkey
A study of Piranesi's etching of the Pantheon from 1751. I kept it loose around most details and tried to somewhat capture the etching nature of the original. It’s really just a study of the greatness of the original rather than any big creative input of my own. #pixelart
François Boucher (c1751) depicts the courtesan Mademoiselle O’Murphy in this drawing. A girl of Irish extraction she holds the laurels for possibly being the most famous Irish woman in art. The drawing is a new acquisition- for comparison here’s the finished picture (in Cologne)
13 janvier 1751 : Sur une idée du maréchal de Saxe, le roi Louis XV décide de créer l’École militaire.
Faute de moyens, sa construction fut très laborieuse, ne débutant qu'en 1753, arrêté en 1760 pour reprendre en 1768.
La 1re pierre fut symboliquement posée le 1er juin 1769.
#OnThisDay in 1751, botanist and zoologist George Shaw was born
Shaw was the first Western scientist to describe several Australian animals, including the platypus and red bellied black snake
His series 'The naturalist's miscellany' is a cornucopia of gorgeous #illustrations
Our annual Standish Barry lecture takes place @CAHDublin on Thursday 24 October - 'To Rome, then Home: Batoni and his Irish Sitters'. Tickets: https://t.co/YrSgIajnlX
(Image: 'A Lady of the Leeson Family as a Sheperdess', Batoni, 1751 @NGIreland)
Born #OnThisDay in 1781: #LouisJoseph (1781-9), #Dauphin of #France, son of #LouisXVI & #MarieAntoinette
#Portrait by Adolf Ulrik #Wertmüller (1751-1811), 1784
#Bourbon #Portraiture #SwedishArt #ChildrenInArt
#Nationalmuseum
ハーフリング --(`·ω·´)(゚∀゚)ノ< halfling ゥ! 1751リング目
#日刊ハーフリングゥ #Dailyhalfling #dndj #dnd #halfling
第1751話 明け方に暑さと苦しさで目覚めた僕 ー アメブロを更新しました
#今日はチンチン電車の日2019
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【4コマのバハムート】
第1751話「チェレッタプロデュース編」更新!
今すぐチェック!
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#神撃のバハムート
A fanciful “Discovering the ruins of palmyra” #Syria by Gavin Hamilton 1758 in the @NatGalleriesSco - #Edinburgh following James Dawkins and Robert Woods visit in 1751.