In this painting on silk, Nagasawa Rosetsu captures the playfulness of some adorable even giving them smiles as they watch a butterfly land on a rose. (#18thcentury, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art).

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Wigs: Their Wearers and Eighteenth-Century Anecdotes - In the eighteenth century, those who wore almost always powdered them. By the 1780s, young men were moving away from wigs and were powdering their ... https://t.co/o7UhB4RdrO

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Wigs: Their Wearers and Eighteenth-Century Anecdotes - In the eighteenth century, those who wore almost always powdered them. By the 1780s, young men were moving away from wigs and were powdering their ... https://t.co/PoHdo2SUPl

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Born 27Jul1768 Charlotte Corday, assassin of Jean-Paul Marat. Learn more about the murder: https://t.co/vdjpovjT1j

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Unknown School.

An artist's studio, c.1725-1735.

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that Frans Hals's was once in the possession of a famous French prince? 🦁

Evidence suggests that during the Hals’s work was displayed alongside Vermeer's in a castle owned by Prince Adam, also known as

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7 July - Annual observance w/1768 portrait "The Cup of Chocolate" by artist J. B. Charpentier (l-r) Duke of Penthievre, Prince Lamballe, Princess de Lamballe, future Duchess d'Orleans, and the Duke’s mother, Countess of Toulouse.

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Born 6Jul1762 Elizabeth Farren, Irish actress of the late who performed over 100 characters in her repertoire and who married Edward Smith Stanly, 12th Earl of Derby. https://t.co/qH0Y1M6ljK

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'Four princesses enjoy a serious game of polo on their ornately saddled and harnessed horses'. (18thC Deccan) Their body language reveal valour. A far cry from the depiction of women relaxing in gardens or awaiting their beloved. Source

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The Natoka/Assiniboine became a major trade partner with European traders in the region. However, contact with the Europeans resulted in a devastating number of deaths caused by infectious diseases. The tribe was estimated at 10,000 people in 18thC to approx 2,600 people by 1890.

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Walking Sticks or Canes in the 1700 and 1800s: When swords fell out of fashion, walking sticks, sometimes referred to as canes, were substituted. At one point, gentlemen were wearing them ... https://t.co/CMezSiQ6E2

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It's Do you know this beautiful painting?

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Died 28Jun1792 Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (née Linley) was a singer who possessed great beauty and became involved with the Blue Stockings. She was the subject of several paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, as shown.

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Tea Glossary and Tea Terms of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Samuel Pepys was the first person in Britain who documented drinking a cup tea, which he noted in ... https://t.co/lFwuVCetHI

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Died 22June1791 Catharine Macaulay, English Whig who wrote, "The History of England from the Accession of James I to the Revolution" but as she was somewhat scandalous historians forgot about her. https://t.co/msiT1unrVn

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Bonesetters: Joint Manipulators and Musculoskeletal Fixers - Bonesetters of the 1700s and 1800s were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. ... https://t.co/uIW2FhxRYM

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