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Gloucester's birth, just months after the 'Glorious Revolution' had represented the stability of the new regime but he suffered from a number of maladies & his brief life was nicely summed up in the ode composed by Purcell in 1695

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2019-07-30

Why Historians Are Reexamining the Case of the Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Mary Toft staged an elaborate hoax, but the pain was real https://t.co/9Cn28YiykP

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2019-07-30

Sometimes get into our This critter lives in an book published in Paris, likely copied from art: https://t.co/tcwRMBid4F. We're over the insect's summer style—perfectly matches its pink & green plant!

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2019-07-28

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Bums, Tums and Downy Calves' https://t.co/j4Shdgz2sf

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2019-07-22

Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait artist was born 1723, at Plympton His portraits could command up to a massive 200 guineas.

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2019-07-16

From the archives of All Things Georgian, '18th Century Stomachers' https://t.co/sXfzQx6OlG

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2019-07-13

It's This lovely bouquet pattern is found inside our 1707 edition of "The beaux stratagem: a comedy." Published in London, it was written by George Farquhar, an Irish dramatist.
https://t.co/Vg9BIN5dRN

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2019-06-17

A small but potent example of just how were Late 18thc (now faded) printed reused w/early 19thc via Love the classical-themed with bold plaid palette. Fr.

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2019-06-12

Puce: a colour favored by Marie Antoinette & popular in the late 18thc/ early 19thc. Puce is French for flea; the colour is described as resembling congealed blood or a flea after it’s been crushed on white linen— a familiar shade in its heyday.

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2019-05-24

Married 16May1770, the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the Royal Chapel of Versailles. She had been married by proxy to Louis at the Augustinian Church in Vienna on 19 April.

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2019-05-16

Happy ! This bright pattern is from "The Poetical Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift", published in London in 1787.
https://t.co/YZ9q34ApAy

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2019-05-07

Plates from William Smellie's 'Theory and Practice of Midwifery' (1752). Smellie, a Lanarkshire-born 'man-midwife' was known for pioneering a scientific approach to midwifery and developing safer obstetrical forceps

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2019-05-05

Octopus: a very small exhibit// 1. Mosaic, Isthmia, Greece 2. BANC MS UCB 085 (14th c) 3.Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, watercolor (16th c) 4. Ito Jakuchu (Japan, 18thc) 🎨 🖌️ ✏️ 🖊️

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2019-05-03

Marie Antoinette and a Boar Hunt: Hunting was a popular sport in the 1700s, and there is at least one record of Marie Antoinette... https://t.co/xXLWelyzMa

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2019-04-30

The Earl of Coventry's Celebrated Courtesan - Kitty Fisher https://t.co/fmH4Sn810d via

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2019-04-30

Journée d’étude du GRHAM : « Le marché de l’art dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle : Expertises, négociations et controverses », , 5 juin 2019. Cf. https://t.co/UmYkFW0QGn

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2019-04-29