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Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) est un portraitiste britannique baroque et rococo. #paintings #arte #ArtLovers
Miss Bowles and her Dog, 1775. Lady Caroline Howard, 1778.
Bird no. 778. A day off?! For me?!
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This might just be a self-employment thing, but I work almost all the time.
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Why? I think it's because I have the sense that my constant movement is the only thing keeping me afloat.
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One thing I’ve learned from the… https://t.co/e66gUQ7nwH
Quick illustration of the Portsmouth-built USS Ranger, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones, receiving the first recognition of the American flag by a foreign government in 1778. (Based on the oil painting by Edward Moran, 1898)
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)
On All Things #Georgian 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 #OnThisDay 7th June 1778. #Regency
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Joseph Grimaldi, clown and comedian, was born #onthisday in 1778. #twitterstorians #theatre