Born in 1775: French botanist and illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin, illustrator of these mouth-watering strawberries from 'Pomologie française' by Pierre Antoine Poiteau. See more botanic illustration of 🍓 🍑🍒 in : https://t.co/I26uMZJ2iK

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Today's theme is the folklore of Meet the greatest pirate ever: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She commanded 1200 ships & 75000 & triumphed against the English, Portuguese & Chinese navies! So respected, she became Lin Zexu's advisor in the Opium Wars

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“But don’t we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?”
Alexander McCall Smith

🖌Angelica Kauffman, Papirius Praetextatus Entreated by His Mother (det.), c. 1775-80

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南太平洋の動植物標本や画家が描いた絵画は注目を集め、南方大陸の探求を目的に1772年7月に2隻の船で第2回航海へ。喜望峰を回り、ニュージーランドやタヒチを拠点に、夏は可能な限り南極に迫る探検を続け、冬は南太平洋の島々を調査。南極大陸は発見できず、ホーン岬、喜望峰を経て1775年7月に帰港。

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El 25 de febrero de 1775 nace en Yapeyú (Argentina hoy día) José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, uno de los más famosos libertadores. También combatió por España contra los franceses, siendo ascendido a teniente coronel por su actuación en

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Born in 1739: Swedish-French Painter (1739-93)

Portrait of Hubert Robert, 1775

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February 18, 1775: British watercolourist and etcher Thomas Girtin is born.

At a time when oil painting was the norm, Girtin helped to establish watercolour as a reputable and desirable medium.

🎨 Thomas Girtin, "Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland", 1797-99

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Illustrated in warm browns and slate greys, these picturesque watercolours were made by Thomas Girtin, born in 1775.

The artist’s idyllic landscapes helped to establish watercolour as a respectable art form. See more of Girtin's work here https://t.co/Yq7b09FjdY

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Thomas Girtin (b. 18.2.1775)
'Stonehenge during a Thunderstorm' (1794)
Watercolour over indications in graphite, touched with a reed pen

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900 YEARS OF READING ABBEY. Gateway was home to Reading Abbey Girls’ School, c.1755-1794.

Two former pupils found success in the world of literature; Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851) and Jane Austen (1775-1817).

Images © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Born in 1731: Polish-Italian painter (1731-1818)

Portrait of Countess Konstancja Tyszkiewicz, née Poniatowska (1759-1830), ca. 1775

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More playing on a cold dog walk today. First up, the remains of the Powder House built in 1775 for the storing of gunpowder, White Cliff, Poole.

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Jacobs Ladder is a ladder leading to heaven that was featured in a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob had in the Book of Genesis.
Nicolas Dipre (1495-1532)
Unknown artist.
J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)
Marc Chagall (1887-1995)

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J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)

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From the blood shed from his wounds sprang thousands of fresh combatants, representing the destructive masculine principle. To annihilate this archetypal power, Kālī again and again drank the rakta-bīja ('seed-blood').
—Ajit Mookerjee

Kālī Conquers Rakta-bīja
1775-1800
Guler https://t.co/7KDEqeQh3m

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painted c.1775-80 by iconic French artist depicts a young girl carving an initial into the bark of a tree.

Only 25cm tall, the scale and careful technique show Fragonard echoing the contemporary taste for Dutch cabinet paintings.

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