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Thomas Lawrence painted this portrait of Irish poet Catherine Grey in the guise of hence the peacock (1794, ). However, she rejected it & it never sold when he exhibited it at the Royal Academy later that year.

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2020-03-18

ECF Spring 2020 (32.2) drops in April, and I cannot stop thinking abt the great articles in that issue:
"Plebeianizing the Female Soldier: Radical Liberty and The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies"
by Fraser Easton
https://t.co/bzNRfGLQUP

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2020-03-18

While Spring 2020 is not due until April, I cannot stop thinking about the great articles that will run in that issue, including:
"Robinson Crusoe and the Earthy Ground"
by James Robert Wood
https://t.co/bzNRfGLQUP

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2020-03-18

Though we weren't lucky enough to find a 🍀in our collections for here are lovely watercolor leaves in our French herbarium manuscript, possibly Explore this & 100+ other digitized https://t.co/RQDOj5jPQ0.

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2020-03-18

Madame Récamier’s Bedroom: A Masterpiece - Everyone wanted to see Madame Récamier’s at her house located in the Chaussée d’Antin that had once belonged to Jacques Necker, minister to Louis XVI. The ... https://t.co/x4A4t2NiQm

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2020-03-12

Madame Récamier’s Bedroom: A Masterpiece - Everyone wanted to see bedroom at her house located in the Chaussée d’Antin that had once belonged to Jacques Necker, minister to Louis XVI. The ... https://t.co/wsGDPTUUf2

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2020-03-11

Portrait of the notorious highwayman James McLaine, bust-length, standing and looking to left, wearing hat, short wig, open jacket, waistcoat, and neckerchief tied in a bow; in an oval.

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2020-03-07

Doctoring the Ladies: Although not allowed to study at university, women in 18th-century England still found ways to join – and challenge – the scholarly world https://t.co/y4JqdYR7vx via

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2020-03-05

Leech, Lavender and Laudanum: Medicine in the Romantic Age: https://t.co/5LoHuq8gIF

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2020-02-29

Died 26Feb1789 Famous Eclipse. He was unbeaten, won 18 races, and had amazing proportions. Eclipse was also termed a “thick-winded horse, and puffed and roared so as to be heard at a considerable distance.” https://t.co/4EAeAof0K0

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2020-02-26

Jean-Baptiste Vanloo's painting shows an elegant hunting party of the type enjoyed by Louis XV and his court. This oil sketch is a study for a picture painted in 1737 for Louis XV's dining room at the Château de Fontainebleau.

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2020-02-17

Absolutely loved the Georgians: exhibition with today. Our favourite things all in one place 😍

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2020-02-14

“If it does, then we might employ your grandfather’s plan to remove mine from these shores. Transportation to the Americas, was it not?”
“What a capital notion!” https://t.co/w27F9yBBSv

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2020-02-09

The Bottle Conjuror of 1749 - On 16 January 1749, at the New Theater in Haymarket, an anonymous person known as the “#BottleConjuror” or “Bottle Conjurer” was set to perform a variety of amazing feats at six-thirty ... https://t.co/1JzWJWwETD

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2020-02-07

Women, art and science have always worked together. 18thC Mary Somerset drew beautiful succulents she brought to Britain for first time. The one in your sitting room originated here. See at pioneering exhibitn Britain opening tmrw

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2020-02-04

200 years ago Princess Augusta swore allegiance to the new king, IV, writing 'that kind brother to whom I shall never cease to be the affectionate sister- sincere friend and dutifull subject'. https://t.co/7FzBrLneNQ

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2020-02-02

Pirate copies of work is nothing new. Find out how it was dealt with in the at our Annual Lecture taking place this month.

Book your place now!

https://t.co/9rX9AmYhA1

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2020-02-01

"He cast off a certain damsel of the Court there and then. If Mary was Perdita, he was to be Florizel. But, of late, I fancy there’s a change in the wind. Mrs Robinson takes her position a shade too seriously..." https://t.co/odeDJUSCCN

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2020-01-30