Born 1788, poet and peer, Lord Byron. As a nobleman at Cambridge, he was allowed to wear a gown made from fancy coloured silks of the wearer’s choice, with elaborate gold decorations. Byron’s was dark green.

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A Flat between Two Sharps
A musical reference is used to describe an encounter between a country yokel and a couple of lawyers, on January 17th 1788

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Today, the celebrates their 261st birthday! 🏛

Pictured: Staircase of the Old British Museum, Montagu House, 1845 by George Scharf I (1788 -1860). © The Trustees of the British Museum.

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December 29th 1788 and Britain faces getting one of its worst Xmas presents ever as playboy George, Prince of Wales comes close to persuading Britannia to let him assume the throne as Regent because his dad George III is off sick. Luckily the King recovered

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Looks like Charles James Fox got himself a dressing up box for Christmas, and fancies himself as the next King, December 26th 1788

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The Faerie Queene (1788) by Henry Fuseli

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Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788).

-The Painter’s Daughters chasing a Butterfly, 1756.

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Thomas Fearnley (27 Dec 1802 -16 Jan 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (24 Feb 1788 – 14 Oct 1857), and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting.

View of Dresden at Sunset, before 184

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Johan Christian Dahl | Norwegian, 1788–1857
An Eruption of Vesuvius | 1824

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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The first Regency Crisis, November 24th 1788, as the Prince of Wales cries huge crocodile tears at the enticing prospect of his mean old dad George III going completely gaga and enabling him to ascend the throne

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Un peu de douceur avec Johan Christian Dahl (1788 - 14 octobre 1857), peintre paysagiste norvégien.

Très prolifique, il est considéré comme le premier peintre romantique norvégien. 1/2

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Louis Jean Desprez, Battle of Hogland during Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).

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Night landscape by Giuseppe Canella (1788–1847)

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In honour of the anniversary of the death of Charles James Fox, 1806, another chance to read 's blog on the 1788 election:
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Francesco Zuccarelli (15 August 1702 – 30 December 1788) was an Italian artist

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August 2, 1788: English portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough dies.

At only 13, he worked as an assistant to French artist Hubert Gravelot in London. In 1768, he became a member of the Royal Academy.

🎨 Thomas Gainsborough, "Drinkstone Park", 1747

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