26 Dec 1780 Cheraw, SC. Gen Nathanael Greene’s army establishes camp, hoping to recruit the locals and strike British Gen Charles Cornwallis’s army should he move into NC.

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"Die Waldnimphe. Simica Hamadryas"

Hamdryas Baboon Native in Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula.

Sacred animal to the Egyptians.

Copper etching by K. Kinzl

Original hand coloring

Prague, ca. 1780 https://t.co/UT8NSKGEcU

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l'Amandier
Amygdalus Communis (Almond tree)
From a rare French herbal written by Nicolas Francois Regnault after the drawings by Geneviève de Nangis-Regnault, published in Paris, 1774 - 1780

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Rakúsky maliar z 2. polovice 18. storočia, The Last Judgment, 1780 https://t.co/aV5vp9wfd3

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Happy and
"L'inegalite des Saisons et des Jours"

Interesting printexplains why there is an inequality in the length of days and seasons.

Fine copper engraving by Back ca 1780.

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Painting of Peacocks, Waterfall and a Red Pillow, by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

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눈토끼(유키우사기)를 만드는 풍습도 에도 시대에 이미 있었는데...
그 시대 눈토끼는 지금과는 뭔가 좀 많이 달랐던 것 같기도

1) 1780년경, 화가 이소다 코류사이의 작품. 눈토끼를 만드는 여성.

2) 지금의 눈토끼 (이라스토야 일러스트)

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16 Dec 1780 Charlottetown, NC. Gen Nathanael Greene decides to separate his forces in the face of Gen Cornwallis’s superior army & directs Gen Dan Morgan's corps of riflemen & Col Washington’s dragoons to join with militia west of the Catawba River.

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Viedenský majster z konca 18. storočia, Portrait of Archduchess, 1780 https://t.co/So0hKvH5wM

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I'm a big fan of simple, clean doodles. When I saw this dood (#1780) sitting near the floor, I knew I had to grab him.

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"Pinus" (Coniferae)

Anonymous copper etching with very fine original hand coloring.
Pinus pungens - Pinus Pinea - Pinus mitis - Pinus sylvestris
Ca. 1780
Original antique print
Very decorative.
https://t.co/64jfLWemw8

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It’s day number seven of my ceramics Advent Callander ! Today we have a lovely saucer, beautifully painted with a lady carrying a basket of fruit on her head. C. 1780.

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New artwork for sale! - "Three toed sloth - scan of original 1780 coloured engraving by De Seve for Comte de Buffon" - https://t.co/PyIAiM4RYE

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New artwork for sale! - "Illinois opossum - scan of original 1780 coloured engraving by De Seve for Comte de Buffon - 1" - https://t.co/p6bTGdNvKD

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What a difference a day makes.
1. A rooster and hens in a farmyard, Jean Baptiste Huet, cca. 1780.
2. Fox in the chicken yard, Jean Baptiste Huet, 1766.

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