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Jan van Huysum, also spelled Huijsum (15 April 1682 – 8 February 1749), was a Dutch painter.
He was the brother of Jacob van Huysum

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2022-07-29

Our new stretch goal is revealed! It's Peg Sparrowhawk, the toughest detective in Australia! Flintlock is a series built on unconventional antiheroines and Peg is one of the newest! Unlock this amazing piece at £5000! https://t.co/ZRNT1ktcei

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2022-07-20

Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - Cashmere shawls were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Joan Hart, a textile expert of today, wrote: ... https://t.co/eyRRcRkgvK

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2022-07-19

Well not mine per se, but I do have art on & in it.
has just launched Book 6. An anthology of adventures in the with women lead characters. https://t.co/O9FL7aI9PP
Cover, some of the interior art and a stretch goal print by me...

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2022-07-10

FLINTLOCK BOOK SIX IS LIVE! The cult classic series or amazing adventures in the Lady Flintlock's desperate quest! Peg Sparrowhawk investigates grim The Clockwork Cavalier rushes into another adventure! https://t.co/6cAXXlIa8v

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2022-06-30

RT : An epic last-stand by a British frigate against French galleys in the Thames estuary in 1707 occurred close to the end of the galley’s day as a fighting vessel – it had lasted some 2000 years since Athens’ naval greatness. https://t.co/rPQ5oXCYMP

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2022-06-30

Died 27Jun1756 Famous French ballerina Marie Sallé and first female choreographer of the ballet. Learn more about her life: https://t.co/TrG0u4Mf17

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2022-06-27

Book Six, launches Thursday, 30th June.
https://t.co/O9FL7aI9PP Written & published by / Check them out on here, FB & IG. Cover & Flintlock interior art by yours truly.

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2022-06-27

Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 "Comforts of Bath: The Music Master” shows a male teacher and a female pupil embracing whilst her father is asleep in the armchair with his back to them.

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2022-06-23

1796: HMS Southampton and her crew, on blockade duty off Toulon, were responsible for one of the most spectacular captures of an enemy vessel, against all odds, in the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: https://t.co/ieKF8BZEgw

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2022-05-29

Donating your body to science could be involuntary. In late-18thC & 19thC Britain, “resurrectionists” or body snatching grave robbers illegally stole cadavers from graves for “anatomists” in medical schools & hospitals for a fee -medicine was never dull 😱

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2022-05-21

and Remedies in the 1700 and 1800s - During the time of carriages, there were numerous reasons as to why accidents happened and they happened to everyone. The primary causes ... https://t.co/dsqu7m8hS2

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2022-05-06

Elizabeth O’Neill – A Great Tragedienne - A couple of months after the guillotining of Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth O’Neill was born in Drogheda, Ireland, on 12 December 1793. She was ... https://t.co/SZFvu1G436

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2022-05-04

The Highwayman And The Heretic https://t.co/SKxKCM4ljQ
'Fred was born in the month of Maying and something of a May Day air lingered about his psyche. The public imagination was as equally fired by pastoral antiquity...'
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2022-05-02

The character profiles are here, along with the template! Have fun making profiles for your OCs!!

high res template: https://t.co/xUgSCSBi6g

fonts used: 18thCentury, Martina, ABeeZee

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2022-04-19

1796: HMS Southampton’s capture of a French corvette close inshore & protected by powerful enemy shore-batteries was one of the most spectacular exploits of the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: https://t.co/ieKF8BZEgw

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2022-04-16

Did coloring instead of leaving it at lineart, my shall sit on his throne forevermore.

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2022-04-11

There’s nothing like an artist with a sense of humour & a sense of the past. Here we see two versions of “The Swing:” the first by McInnes full of hedgehog whimsy, & the original by Lancret full of 18thc, French, Rococo flirting (1735) ☺️🌳

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2022-04-07

Glossary of Used in the - The Quadrille was a popular square dance that became fashionable in the late 18th century. It was first introduced at Louis XV’s court sometime around 1760 and would ... https://t.co/IUAFx28hk8

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2022-04-06