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Louis Jean Desprez produced Tomb with Sphinx (c. 1779-1784, Cleveland Museum of Art) using aquatint and engraving printmaking techniques. He drew inspiration from southern Italian catacombs, but added fictional elements like the feet of the deceased.

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2019-11-23

Executed 1769: Six at Tyburn, “most of them, sir, have never thought at all” https://t.co/TbqSExpIXl via

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2019-11-19

Trying something new:
a thread of Jane Austen articles in ECF,
sort of an "instant special issue" from the archives.
First up:
Jane Austen and “Banal Shakespeare,” by Megan Taylor
ECF Volume 27, Number 1, Fall 2014, pp. 105-125
https://t.co/E3vDmn2VdT

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2019-11-13

The Door Podcast: The Businesswomen of 18th-century London & more to discover: https://t.co/Cf9iHB5lAV
via

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2019-11-11

10Nov1793 the was celebrated in France and was based on the state-sponsored religion, The Cult of Reason. However, it didn’t last long as it was it was replaced by Robespierre’s Cult of the Supreme Being. https://t.co/aotAToIqDA

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2019-11-11

Princesse de Lamballe’s Travels: Anecdotes and Tales - Her included many places in and around France. Sometimes she traveled with the King and Queen’s court, her sister-in-law, or her adopted... https://t.co/n2vpYk9wUM

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2019-11-09

These porcelain flowers are from the Vincennes Manufactory (1740s), which employed 45 women to produce such works. The basket, however, is the product of the Meissen Manufactory (1751). ()

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2019-10-19

Instead of friendship bracelets, it was common in the to exchange locks of hair! Here is some of Queen Charlotte’s hair that she sent to Mrs. Delany in 1780. https://t.co/Ig6QTgGQND

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2019-10-14

Great news!
Newest special issue of ECF is now
https://t.co/LjP6C29dAk
ECF 32.1, "Ecological Footprints: Crusoe’s Island and Other Alien Environments"
Special Issue Editor: Robert Markley, University of Illinois

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2019-10-08

This console table is the only known example of ceramic furniture from the Alcora Manufactory in Spain (1761-63, ). The 10th Count of Aranda likely commissioned it for inclusion in a “#porcelain room.”

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2019-10-03

With talk of a current (in spite of the last 2 votes in another opportunity to read one of our earlier blogs on 'how to get elected' in the
https://t.co/yvVlLxWmM4

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2019-09-12

Born 1Sep1789 Marguerite Power, Countess of forced to marry Cpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer, a drunk who died when he fell out a window. Four months later, she married ... More: https://t.co/HgNkJfKb29

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2019-09-01

In the the footsteps of JMW Turner!
Follow the artist on his adventurous trip to Switzerland in 1802:
- how to travel
- what to see
- what to eat
- where to stay

https://t.co/9Txk4XOuCA

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2019-08-24

RT : From the All Things Georgian archives, 'The Rule of Thumb' https://t.co/GHxHez0eEK

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2019-08-05