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Born 1645 George 'Judge' Jeffreys, notorious for his role in the Bloody Assizes following the Monmouth Rebellion. James II made him his lord chancellor. He tried to flee in disguise at the 'Glorious Revolution' but was caught in

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2020-05-15

Exploring epidemics across history, science, society, and art - great blog posts from students in Paola Bertucci's graduate seminar at Yale on visual and material cultures of science! https://t.co/NICbXebfjX

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2020-05-15

Work in Progress of a SFW commission I'm doing, depicting the two people that killed legendary general Pyrrhus of Epirus, according to Greco-Roman historian Plutarch

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2020-05-01

Fabulous 1753 depiction of itinerant tradesman by Marcellus Laroon - notice the spectacles! Small vision aids were widely sold in streets and diverse shops in cities like London for centuries: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf

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2020-05-01

"Before and after" ad from 1893 at for "Duchess pills" - which in addition to enhancing one's beauty were supposed to cure anemia, palpitations, and skin eruptions: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf

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2020-05-01

Fascinating introduction at to the history of women in glassmaking, including the production of incandescent lightbulbs as seen on the cover of Scientific American in 1895: https://t.co/kkkmnIqVOn

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2020-04-29

The Papers of John Adams, Volume 18, is now online! Wrapping up his diplomatic career, Adams began drafting his "Defence," a landmark blueprint for the new federal government. Learn more in editor 's Beehive post https://t.co/8x56C1HVNx

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2020-04-28

RT : Join on the blog today with this Editor's Choice: Of Refinement and Good Manners https://t.co/5Zi9tsr3g4

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2020-04-23

"Service is obligation, obligation implies return. Could any man of honour profess friendship, accept the offer of his friend's whole services... avail himself of their whole utility & then tell him he could not or would not make him any return?" Bubb Dodington

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2020-04-20

"To the objects of oppression he is prodigal of pity, yet penurious of relief; & to its authors, ready to condemn yet unwilling to chastise"
Edmund Burke castigating Charles James Fox in the debate in on the French Corps Bill 1794

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2020-04-17

Robert Yerkes artifacts illuminate history of primate research, intelligence testing, WW1, eugenics, and science & women scientists in Russia & Cuba! Guest appearances by Ivan Pavlov & Alfred Kinsey: https://t.co/gm7r2HuIQY

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2020-04-17

Died 1747 Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, executed for his role in the '45 rebellion. George Selwyn was dubbed a barbarian for watching the event; he replied he 'had made amends' as he also went to see Lovat's head sewn back on again

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2020-04-09

Just thinking this morning how much I miss travelling around Europe's battlefields. As soon as the world reverts to something like normal, I will be straight there. How about my fellow history geeks on here? Where is the first historic place you will visit?

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2020-03-30

Died 1806 Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire: incomparable icon of culture, fashion & politics

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2020-03-30

New character on the block: William Villiers, 2nd earl of (here with his sister).
He & his countess didn't get on & in his will he showed it, leaving her 1 shilling for "sufficient reasons not proper to be mentioned".

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2020-03-26

25 Mar 1677: d. Wenclesaus Hollar whose work has informed the visual vocabulary and imagination of so many historians and also (BM)

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2020-03-25

Joris Hoefnagel's "Guide for Constructing the Letters f and g" from ca. 1591-1596. The owl looking at itself in a convex mirror evokes the German word Eulenspiegel (owlmirror), which means "roguish trick"! https://t.co/7eoklkeO4R

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2020-03-25

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte marched into setting in motion the 'Hundred Days' that would conclude with his defeat at Waterloo & final abdication.
The allied powers were forced once again to search for a

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2020-03-20