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Resten van Herculestempel binnen muren van oude Agrigento, 1778 https://t.co/6UdnU67VLE #museumarchive #rijksmuseum
Mrs. Thrale and her Daughter Hester (Queeney), 1778 https://t.co/V7RWC8siAH #joshuareynolds #reynolds
April 4, 1778: Voltaire was initiated into Freemasonry at the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris. He was conducted through the degree by Benjamin Franklin.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#Voltaire #Enlightenment #philosopher #Freemasonry #Freemasons #knowledge
『怒りに燃えるジョージ・ワシントンは“怒りで木の葉が樹上で震えるまで”と誓った。』
1778年、モンマス・コートハウスの戦いに於ける大陸軍司令官ワシントンが、現地指揮官チャールズ・リーの不甲斐なさと混乱する自軍兵士に激怒する描写が好きです。
Watson and the Shark, John S Copley (1778)
A young cabin boy (Brook Watson) was attacked by a shark while swimming in Havana harbor. He was saved, but lost his leg. He later grew up to be Lord Mayor of London. The painting created buzz by being so grisly (Colonial JAWS!)
Benjamin West was an American artist Romeo and Juliet,1778_At The British Museum.
Shop-Lifter Detected - After John Collet - Published by Sayer & Bennett -1778.
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694 - 1778), with a passionate soul
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his memoirs: https://t.co/HFoOm4zlp1
Le 7 février 1813, la frégate française l'Aréthuse commandée par le capitaine de vaisseau Pierre Bouvet rencontre la frégate anglaise HMS Amelia au large des côtes de Guinée. Les deux navires se séparent après 4h de combat. Peinture de John Christian Schetky (1778-1874).
Le 6 février 1778, en pleine guerre d'Indépendance opposant les Insurgés américains aux Anglais, la France reconnait officiellement les États-Unis d'Amérique et conclut une alliance avec elle. Louis XVI promet à Benjamin Franklin le soutien de l'armée et de la marine française.
#Otd 1777: John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In office 1776-1780. During this time he had to concede free trade & enactment of Papists Act 1778; partially repealed Penal laws & provided measures for relief of RCs & Dissenters!
チャタム伯(ピットの父)が貴族院で倒れる瞬間を描いた絵画は幾つかあり、これはその一つ。
1781年頃に描かれたと考えられる作品。
ピット三兄弟もこの中にいるはずですが。
W. Pitt collapses after his speech in the House of Lords on 2nd April 1778; he dies the following month on 11th May.
"To despise riches may, indeed, be philosophic; but to dispense them worthily must, surely, be more beneficial to mankind."
Evelina, 1778
English novelist and diarist Frances Burney died #OTD in 1840.
Books by Frances Burney at PG:
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738 - 1815, Watson and the Shark, 1778, oil on canvas #art #artistsontwitter #artists #artist #paintings #painting #History #classic #Classics
One of David’s first great works is an oil sketch called the Funeral of Patroclus (1778-9). It was sent from Rome to Paris to show the effects of his study there. It is a magnificent work showing his earliest Neoclassical work and in .@NGIreland