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'Rama and Lakshmana as Boys Assist the Sage Vishvamitra: Folio from a dispersed Ramayana series. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper. Artist: Workshop active in the First Generation after Nainsukh. Kingdom of Kangra. Circa:- 1780.
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2021-08-24

Iconic French artist died  1806.⁠

This evocative work is part of a group of allegorical depictions of love painted by Fragonard in the 1780s, and portrays love as a natural force and uncontrollable passion, stronger than the people affected by it.

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2021-08-22

18 Aug 1780 Fishing Creek, SC. Col Banastre Tarleton &350 Loyalists surprise a Patriot force under Gen Thomas Sumter, 40 miles from Camden, killing 150, wounding & capturing 300, & freeing 100 British prisoners. Loyalists lost just 16 killed.

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2021-08-19

In our latest blog, Ambassador Grace Bentley investigates the embroiderers of the 18th century.

https://t.co/TVdRABiOHu

Image: The Ladies Waldegrave, Sir Joshua Reynolds,1780. NG 2171. © National Galleries Scotland

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2021-08-16

14 Aug 1780 Rugeley’s Mills, SC. Geb Horatio Gates’s forces arrive & are joined by 800 VA militia under Gen Edward Stevens. Gates sends 400 men to assist Gen Thomas Sumter on a raid on a British supply train & continues his march on Camden.

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2021-08-15

6 Aug 1780 Gen Benedict Arnold wrote to Gen Washington of the conditions at West Point, a command he would soon seek to hand over to the British. He complained of the quality of the troops and their condition, fearing desertion.

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2021-08-07

The rise of fashion publications helped to popularize a trend for casual clothing during the 1780s. They also reflected the growing consumption of fashion in middle and working classes. Read more about this decade at the link below!

https://t.co/NneoMbtBuy

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2021-08-07

3 Aug 1780 HQ Peekskill, NY Gen Washington appointed Gen Arnold to take command of the fortifications at West Point. “Sir You are to proceed to West Point & take the command of the Post, & its dependencies...”

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2021-08-04

2 Aug 1780 Canajoharie, NY Chief Joseph Brant leads an attack by 500 Loyalists & Iroquois against Ft Plank, on the Mohawk R & seizes several prisoners before withdrawing from the fort.

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2021-08-03

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Oh gosh I just realised I never posted this here... I have put myself in angst jail now so expect some fluff soon 🥲
Fannar has died and revived several times. This is one of them, set in the late 1780s.

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2021-07-31

La brillante toillete de la Déesse du Gout (the shining toilette of the goddess of taste). Anonymous satirical print, circa 1770-1780. Via

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2021-07-28

Silk leaf embroidered fan with lines of spangles & corrugated metal strip between sticks, below border of single mauve flowers with spangles above, alternating with sprigs of green leaves & spangles. Oval coloured engraving of family scene with servant. 1780-1800

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2021-07-26

Little girls and their dogs, from Sir Joshua Reynolds: Anna Ward in 1787 on the left, and an unnamed but adorable girl in 1780 on the right. It's Sir Joshua's birthday.

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2021-07-17

strolling? couple taking a walk post sunset or dinner? using firework for lightening path in dark?
हाथों में हाथ होठो पे अफ़साने प्यार के album दूर की आवाज़ by आशा भोसले
or
ऐ हवा मेरे संग संग चल
मेरे दिल में हुयी हलचल
1780 painting lot24 or 2008 auction

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2021-07-16

1805年7月8日 ダニエル・ガードナーがロンドンにて逝去。
《緑の乗馬ドレスを着たゴードンのジェーン公爵夫人》(ca.1780)

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2021-07-08

フランチェスコ・グアルディ『聖ルチア 聖マリア・デ・ナザレ付近の大運河』1780年 ティッセン・ボルネミッサ美術館

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2021-07-06