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Theophilus Cibber, actor and author, was born in 1703.

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2016-11-26

Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born in 1713.

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2016-11-24

Caricature of Emma Hamilton as an artists' model by Thomas Rowlandson.

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2016-11-23

Jacques de Vaucanson, automaton inventor, died in 1782.

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2016-11-21

Inside the Colosseum by Hubert Robert “des Ruines”.

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2016-10-28

The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West who was born in 1738.

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2016-10-10

Copley, Portrait of Colonel Fitch and his Sisters

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2016-09-30

George Clive, family and maid by Joshua Reynolds.

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2016-09-28

These beautiful charts by Rudolf Leuckart were used to teach natural history 🕊

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2016-09-26

Horace Walpole, man of letters, was born in 1717.

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2016-09-25

An Unsuccessful Reformer: William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. https://t.co/TpObJXeffN

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2016-09-02

Boney and his new wife quarrel about nothing by Thomas Rowlandson.

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2016-08-30

27/8 1816 Adm. Exmouth's British-Dutch fleet bombarded Algiers to stop slave-trade.

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2016-08-27

Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, was born in 1743. Painted by Le Brun

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2016-08-20

The Gravenor Family by Thomas Gainsborough.

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2016-08-16