To me, weekends mean time with my kiddos, so here’s an innocent garden scene to celebrate. Trinquesse’s “Lady Playing a Guitar” is a delight & notable for its lack of trouble-causing Cupids! The gowns and faces are especially sweet. 🌸💛💐

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Born 1749 Charles James Fox, towering politician of the 2nd half of the
"Fox’s ‘negligent grandeur’ obscured his brilliance... his oratory, ‘original, deep, subtle, vehement & expansive’... was a force to be reckoned with."

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Born 8Jan1789 William Arden, 2 Baron Alvanley who was a dandy of White's and friend to Beau Brummell. Learn more: https://t.co/NrEMkVRUjU

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Tarring and Feathering Attacks in America - Although the phrase appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older having first happened in Europe. One of the ... https://t.co/26GA1C7qZh

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For The purchase of the collection of scientific engraving and drawing of the Dutch Johanes le Franq in 1785, one of the most complete iconographic sample that exists of the knowledge in in the

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Where’s my ‘J’? Who has snaffled my ‘V’? A Posture- Masters Alphabet https://t.co/nz7daiptj0

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François-Adrien Boieldieu: The French Mozart - François-Adrien Boieldieu was born the same day as English novelist Jane Austen, on 16 December 1775. Boieldieu’s father was secretary to ... https://t.co/gSAAnfzubc

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"Sorry... my bad I guess..😺"
Trying my best to make 18th century clothes 👌
-that cat dropped the ink
-that guy is left handed
-there's 3 cats in the room



https://t.co/4PAvixirTs

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From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'How bed bugs were dealt with in the Georgian era' https://t.co/ob7rVcZoRW

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"Make way for the Minister, Take care of your pockets"
Pitt the Younger heading to the House of Commons - budget announcement style

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French Costumes in the 1700 and 1800s - There are many descriptions of what people wore in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in France. Some of these descriptions were ... https://t.co/BMptlETQEz

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Japanese poetry: Highly esteemed Hitomaro from 7th to early 8th century https://t.co/ptgwxM4ldV

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Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard's La Bascule (the See-saw). For more info & ink to larger image, see my Lines and Colors post: https://t.co/BaydUvO3nJ

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I’d like to dedicate my very first master study painting to because: ✨Rococo Aesthetics ✨

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Visiting 2015 essays for today's ECF tweets:
"Pox on Both Your Houses: The Battle of the Romeos"
by Leslie Ritchie
https://t.co/WAbFljPz6b ECF 27.3-4 (2015)

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In the course of the consumption of in England increased by an astonishing 2,500%

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Many thanks to the 41 scholars who submitted essays so far in 2021. The ECF editors currently have 12 submissions under consideration, at various stages of the review process.
We're here! Please do send us your work:
https://t.co/XPG4qFgLaS

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