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1778 France invaded & captured Dominica in Caribbean: 2000 French soldiers to around 40-100 British + militia. French already infiltrated & got support of (mostly French) population, distracting one part of the garrison with drink & spiking cannons with sand.

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2018-09-07

Dramatic rescue of 14-year-old orphan/cabin boy Brook Watson from shark attack in Havana Harbour ~ he survived, though with loss of a leg, and later became Lord Mayor of London, chairman of Lloyds and director of the Bank of England (JS Copley, 1778. MFA Boston)

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2018-08-26

It's To celebrate, come and see John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark" (1778) (or see one of Copley's other versions of the painting at and !) 🦈🌊

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2018-07-23

Plate 28 : Colossal Head of Red Granite by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) from Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations in Egypt and Nubia (1820).

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2018-07-16

Watson, saved from shark, went on to live a long life (was Lord Mayor of London!) though absent a leg. His rescue painted in 1778 by John Singleton Copley, whose day is today.

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2018-07-04

🎂 
John Singleton Copley (3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815), American painter.

"Following a fashion set by Benjamin West and others, Copley began to paint historical pieces. His first foray into this genre was 'Watson and the Shark,' 1778."

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2018-07-03

(17) Jacques Louis David was the greatest Neoclassical artist. He moved from the frivolity of the Rococo to a more serious style that reflected the Revolution of his times & research. I like his The Funeral of Patroclus (1778) - it is one of his first classical works

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2018-06-14

On All Things today we take a look at a sketch of a ball at Almack's in 1815, attended by Beau Brummell who was born 240 years ago 7th June 1778.
https://t.co/rghpFkWtmm

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2018-06-07

Twenty-first-century recreation of Marie Antoinette's dress from 1778-1789 that is like the one in her 1775 d’Agoty portrait.

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2018-04-14

Suited Up Week: Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français, circa 1778-1787. Image courtesy of Fashion Institute of Technology | SUNY, FIT Library Special Collections and College Archives.
Currently on view in https://t.co/qI8bwQdslz

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2018-03-27

in 1778, flying pioneer Sophie Blanchard was born.

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2018-03-25

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No. 1777 / 1778

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2018-03-13

This grisly scene caused a sensation when first exhibited (and made the artist a fortune through selling prints of its design.) It's one of those images that still holds power today in the gallery. Detail, Watson and the Shark, 1778.

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2018-02-26

This "View from the Muntigalm towards the Stockhorn", from circa 1778 by Swiss painter Caspar Wolf, mostly known for his dramatic paintings of Alps, will be presented by French & Company LLC, stand 316 at TEFAF Maastricht 2018.

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2018-01-22

Louisa, Lady Clarges (1778) from Thomas Gainsborough on

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2018-01-14

The interior of a Milliner's shop in Windsor Castle can be seen through the open sash-window of the parlour behind the shop. and Queen Charlotte is seated at the counter buying tape (1778)

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2017-12-22

Joseph Grimaldi, clown and comedian, was born in 1778.

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2017-12-19

Born in 1778, Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian & performer, who made the role of Clown in Harlequinade his own.

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2017-12-18