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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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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From 's great show, I love how 18thC Mexican painting is rich with narratives (plural). This is an Andrés López.

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Why is there so much text in 18thC Mexican painting? 's Ilona Katzew on her exhib, one of the shows of the year. https://t.co/vO2fr74A1Y
: https://t.co/yesr9cH1dn

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From the blog archives of All Things Georgian 'Pretty in Pink' https://t.co/Fw7YniFcdQ

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From the blog archives of All Things Georgian 'Kissing under the mistletoe at the North Pole in 1830' https://t.co/NgMkJJAq9O

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& "Interiör med familj på sju personer"/Intérieur avec une famille de sept personnes par Pehr Hörberg (1746-1816)
CC

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Fashion plate fr. era of (1755-1793), 1784: Robe à l’Anglaise le corpsage lacé par derriere le jupon et retroussé, les manches d’une couleur differente de la Robe, le tout bordées d’un ruban de couleur à volonté, tres étroit. via

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For yr may I recommend an ECF essay or two?
Especially scintillating:
"Georgian Theatre in an Information Age: Media, Performance, Sociability," ed. Daniel O'Quinn and Gillian Russell
https://t.co/R5pHNH9Cys

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Wazir Singh of the Nakai Misl
Family Workshop of Purkhu
Kangra, late 18thC
Toor Collection

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