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July 26, 1775: The United States Post Office was established by the 2nd Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin appointed as the first Postmaster General.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-07-27

Jean-François Fragonard Une Jeune écolière. 1775-1778

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2021-07-25

Born on this day: French criminal turned father of modern criminology Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857). He is also considered to be the first private detective, establishing the earliest known private detective agency, and was the founder and first director of Sûreté Nationale

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2021-07-24

John Brown, Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right), c. 1770-1775 https://t.co/IQxlVzz7UQ

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2021-07-19

English painter was born 1723.⁠⠀
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This outstanding work, dated c.1775, depicts Mrs Elizabeth Carnac. The sun-dappled landscape setting shows the artist’s response to the portrait innovations of his rival, Gainsborough.

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2021-07-16

Selected sections from Great Artworks - J M W Turner - 1775-1851 - Shields, on the River Tyne - 1823 - If the illustration of men at work is stark Realism then it must be that the moon on the water is pure Impressionism; confirming Turner as "The Grandfather of Impressionism."

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2021-07-16

💥When the titans of space — galaxy clusters — collide, extraordinary things can happen. A new study using NASA's Chandra examines the repercussions after clusters clashed in Abell 1775, a system where a smaller galaxy cluster has plowed into a larger one. https://t.co/PjHA0d6F1J

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2021-07-16

Galleria Borghese, Roma,
Romolo accolto da Giove nell'Olimpo.
Dettaglio volta Salone d'ingresso.
Mariano Rossi, 1775-9.
Photo ©Maria Gabriella

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2021-07-12

🐘 Descrizioni degli animali
In Venezia: Nella stamperia di Carlo Palese, 1771-1775.
https://t.co/3AfxxMDx45

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2021-07-12

Born on this day, Matthew Lewis (1775-1818), author of The Monk.

Here's the 1975 Avon paperback.

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2021-07-09

July 3, 1775: George Washington took command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2021-07-03

ジョゼフ・マロード・ウィリアム・ターナー（Joseph Mallord William Turner、1775年4月23日 - 1851年12月19日[2]）は、イギリスのロマン主義の画家。

「水葬」1842

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2021-06-30

Elizabeth (c.1760–1826), Viscountess Bulkeley, as Hebe, 1775

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2021-06-26

June 15, 1775: George Washington was unanimously selected as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2021-06-15

14 Jun 1775 Continental Army was created by the Second Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander. Six companies of rifleman from VA, PA & MD form the first units.

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2021-06-14

2/3 Here are a few more paintings from the French Rococo painter Fragonard ….. The Musical Contest c.1745; The Souvenir c.1775; The Declaration of Love 1773; The Shepherdess c.1750

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2021-06-12

ホークスで一番
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ミスターホットコーナー熱男
松田宣浩選手、パリーグ新記録三塁手最多出場1775試合おめでとうございます🎉

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2021-06-11

➡️Dominique Sabourdin-Perrin, Marie-Clotilde de France : La soeur oubliée de Louis XVI.
➡️Madame Clotilde jouant de la guitare, 1775, par François-Hubert Drouais.

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2021-06-03

The Mecklenburg Resolves were adopted May 31, 1775. Written in response to the Battles of Lexington & Concord, they were the most radical statement issued in the 13 colonies and was the first time any colonial committee had rejected the authority of the king.

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2021-06-01