A couple of beasts from the 18thc grimoire Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros (c.1775)
Author Unknown. Held in the Wellcome Library, London

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An audience watching French pioneering balloonist and parachutist Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (1775-1847), the first woman to fly a balloon solo and parachute down, up in the air on 28 March 1802

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Print, Politics and Industrialisation

The first event in the Graphic Landscape: The Landscape Print Series in Britain, c.1775–1850 series.

2 Nov | 12 – 2pm | Zoom
Mark Hallett, Felicity Myrone , , Lizzie Jacklin & Morna O'Neill

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Raktabija, presented special challenge. Every time a drop of his blood fell on ground, a clone of demon arose. Devi created a fearsome emanation of herself, Devi Kali. As Kali lapped up Raktabija’s blood, she was able to defeat him
Painting from Guler, 1775-1800

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Daniel Gardner's 3 Witches 1775. Setting taken from Shakespeare were portraits of the most politically influential & socially notorious women of the time: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire & sculptor Anne Seymour Damer.

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Col John A Ievers (1737-1791) https://t.co/0lKrNJPTY2 30th Foot was wounded & lying helpless on the field at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 when he was rescued by his faithful soldier servant John Mackay who received a farm near Belvoir Co Clare in gratitude.

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🍔 "chungking 1994" 🍔
9/25 - 3 tez
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❄️ "kill me again" ❄️
1775/2000 - 0.1 tez
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💵 “reveal“ 💵
5/20 - 3 tez
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2 Sep 1775 Beverly, MA. Gen George Washington commissions the 1st US warship – schooner Hannah. Capt Nicholas Boughton’s 1st mission is to attack British supply & transport ships in Boston Harbor.#RevWar

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NFToker bought for 10.0Ξ ($31920.50) https://t.co/Lc19zQ6nAj

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Le chiffre d’amour (The Souvenir) (c.1775 - c.1780), Jean-Honoré Fragonard, [3256 x 4250]

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9 Aug 1775 Gloucester, MA Royal Navy Capt John Linzee, commanding HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners returning to port. Falcon captures 1 schooner & chases a 2nd aground in the harbor. But militias rally & drive off the British longboat sent to seize it.

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8 Aug 1775 Cambridge, MA. Daniel Morgan & his Virginia riflemen arrive in hunting shirts & leggings, Morgan's men initially seemed strange to the militia & fights broke out. The riflemen soon gained a fierce reputation however as "Morgan's Sharpshooters.”

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ムラサキウスモンヤガ/Cerastis leucographa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

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🐨 mentioned that his favorite artist is william turner—aka jmw turner (1775-1851), one of the most incredible painters of all time (in my opinion). it’s hard to overstate his importance to art history, particularly the impressionist movement + https://t.co/Ykly1D7ltF

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