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Deception in France
It was April 30, 1775 in Paris, France. It’s been 11 days since the American Revolution started. There was yelling coming from from the Palais Bourbon. Generals and the king were trying to decide whether to help the Americans or not. Half sides with giving-
Born #OnThisDay in 1754: #LouisXVI, King of France (1754-93)
Portrait by #JosephDuplessis (1725-1802), ca. 1775
#Bourbon
French artist #JeanHonoréFragonard died #onthisday 1806.
#TheSouvenir, dated c.1775-80, depicts a young girl carving an initial into a tree. The intimate composition can be seen as a celebration of female creativity in an era when women painters were starting to gain prominence.
Elizabeth (c.1760–1826), Viscountess Bulkeley, as Hebe, George Romney, 1775 #georgeromney #romney
Research proves that the Monday Mood existed back in the 18th Century
From a rare illustrated book on demonology and magic of the age of Enlightenment 1766-1775
OTD Imam Baksh Nasikh died in 1838 in Lucknow.
He was born in 1775 at Faizabad. During his childhood, he came to Lucknow & learned Persian & Arabic. He was also fond of wrestling. He was inspired by Mir Taqi Mir & wanted to became his disciple but Mir refused!
📸 urdushayari
Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right), John Brown, c. 1770-1775 https://t.co/IQxlVzz7UQ #clevelandart #cmadrawings
Hoy se cumplen 203 años del fallecimiento de la TALENTONSA y FABULOSA de Jane Austen (1775-1817). Autora de obras como "Orgullo y Prejuicio" y de personajes tan emblemáticos como Elizabeth Bennet y Mr. Darcy (Quien sospecho que fue el primer SOFTBOY en la historia literaria)
English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, was born #onthisday 1723.
This outstanding full-length portrait, dated c.1775, depicts Mrs Elizabeth Carnac. The sun-dappled landscape setting shows the artist’s response to the portrait innovations of his rival, #ThomasGainsborough.
Pas de bal des pompiers, pas de défilé mais le 14 juillet à Louviers dans une vente éclectique, on trouve par exemple 3 panneaux de tapisserie de la Manufacture de Saint-Marcel et 5 des panneaux que le peintre Michel-Hubert Descours (1707-1775) avait peint pour sa maison à Bernay
Died #OnThisDay in 1805: British painter #DanielGardner (1750-1805)
Portraits of Anne Seymour Damer (1749-1828), Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) & Elizabeth Lamb (1751-1818) as The Three Witches from Macbeth, 1775
#Gardner #BritishArt #Georgian
Theater Scene, Giovanni David, c. 1775-1776 https://t.co/K5Dtgt73VL #clevelandart #clevelandartmuseum
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
Moonlight on lake Lucerne with the Rigi in the distance, Switzerland c.1841
“I don’t wear wigs, this is my hair.” In La brillante toillete de la Déesse du Gout, c.1775, a fashionable lady models a towering wig for her adoring macaroni as her maid prepares another! #gloriousGeorgians via the British Museum.
17 June 1775: The British defeat the American #colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill in #Massachusetts. The colonist inflict significant casualties against the Brits, making the battle a #moral victory for the Americans. #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/XKBsOndF1f
Aujourd’hui, #Gallica vous propose de voir et d’écouter les « cris de Paris » grâce à un recueil d’estampes de 1775 => https://t.co/AwRsNykwVz et un enregistrement d’imitations du début du XX è siècle => https://t.co/eVzSZt2OKt
Born #OnThisDay in 1792: English painter #JohnLinnell (1792-1882)
Portrait of William Crotch (1775-1847), 1839
#Linnell #BritishArt
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