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The chatelaine attached to Mary Edwards’ waist has a couple of interpretations:

1. Carries keys and tools necessary for a woman managing her own household.

2. The watch may be a ‘memento mori’ recognising her approaching death!

Thoughts?

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2018-03-01

Mrs Mary Edwards by portraying her in a state of great wealth amongst objects associated with successful men.

The text on the piece of paper being a scene from Cato, proclaiming the rights and liberties of individuals.

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2018-02-28

Hogarth making a joke about the craze for tiny lapdogs by including a minuscule one on an expensive cushion in Taste in High Life.

A craze that is very much still around!

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2018-02-28

The Truth Behind Fight Club: Female Prize Fights Were a Thing During the
https://t.co/ttShc1vsj6

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2018-02-25

Charity in the Cellar detail: If all the identifications are correct, these men are all members of parliament or of political background.

The man to the right is holding open the wine tap, creating a visible pun on his friend’s penis. 🤔

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2018-02-21

A rather over-fed and overdressed French boy for the streets of London...

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2018-02-17

The spinster carries a chatelaine at her waist showing a man from a bygone era - possibly a lover from long ago.

Suggesting she is a relic from times when the Piazza in Covent Garden was highly fashionable before it was taken over by taverns and coffee houses!

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2018-02-17

Details from The Gaols Committee.

The accused, (supposedly Thomas Bambridge) clenching his fists on the left, while the jury examine the illegal shackles and torture instruments on the table.

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2018-02-15

The Good Samaritan - the second of Hogarth’s canvases for St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
The bearded Samaritan pours healing ointments onto the wounded and robbed Israelite 🙏🏻

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2018-02-12

Portrait of Jane Thornhill who Hogarth met as the daughter of his teacher Sir James Thornhill. He eloped with Jane and married, but did not have any children together.

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2018-02-03

Captain Nicholas Brown Seabrook Polly Seabrook (1739-1790), privateer and master of Seabrook Plantation, Hanover County, Virginia, the Payne Limner, 1784 https://t.co/ET6aSVblXI

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2018-01-24

Posthumous portrait of Betsy Seabrook (1780-1783) of Seabrook Plantation, Hanover County, Virginia, the Payne Limner, 1784 … https://t.co/St5JRPW1EG

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2018-01-21