Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, 1798

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More controversy at the hill rolling tournament in Greenwich when proceedings are abandoned due to a glut of dirty old men seeking personal gratification. c.1798

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suzie hartmann 1781-1798

acorentada contra uma pedra e jogada no mar

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Connaissez-vous la « quasi-guerre » qui a opposé la France et l'Amérique à la fin du XVIIIe siècle ?

Sur fond d'enjeux économiques, les relations entre les États-Unis et la France se détériorent et donnent lieu à ce "conflit" qui débute le 7 juillet 1798. 1/2

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Edward Greene Malbone, Mrs. James G. Almy (Myra Eliot), ca. 1798 https://t.co/DtplPArAva

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Philipp Otto Runge's scribe balances pen 🖊 inkwell and paper 📄and prepares to write ...

🖼Hands Writing, after Raphael. 1798. From Katrin Bellinger Collection.
🤚open until 1 August 🎟
https://t.co/zACLmXZjQZ

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Friedrich
Пейзаж с засохшим деревом.1798

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21 Jun 1798 20,000 rebels fought British troops at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. The rebels were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, and their defeat at Vinegar Hill is viewed by historians as a decisive point in the 1798 revolt

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Redouté Roses. One of the great landmarks among the masterpieces of flower books was definitely set by P.J. Redouté. His fame began to rise when Emperess Josephine Bonaparte hired him in 1798, convinced that only he could fulfill her desire to portrait her beloved flower gardens

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John Bull taking luncheon (1798), commenting on the Royal Navy's 'appetite' for destroying French frigates. Notice Nelson on the right.

Another masterpiece by Gillray

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Two of the muses by French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832):
1. Polyhymnia (1800)
2. Calliope (1798)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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On this day in 1798, the United Irishmen rise up against British rule. Despite winning a number of engagements, the rebellion is crushed in less than five months. Between 10,000 and 50,000 are killed.

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Edward Jenner FLS, creator of the world’s first vaccine, was born in 1749. His invention of a vaccine for smallpox saved countless lives. He was elected a Fellow of the in 1798 on the strength of his zoological work, especially the nesting habits of cuckoos.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Japonais, 1798-1861.
Chats en différentes poses, 1840.

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Los Chinchillas, 1797-1798 https://t.co/78TNxqUtXQ

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