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18 January 1788. A total of 800 convicted British criminals landed at Botany Bay, Australia. They had committed various crimes and were sentenced to suffer hard labour in Australia. Below is a list of 19 crimes that were punishable by transportation to Australia.
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Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1788.
https://t.co/3Z8Lm25zNP
There are (at least) four paintings in Moriarty's lair in "Elementary, Dear Data". This painting shows King Louis XVI of France. The originally much larger piece of art was painted by Antoine-François Callet in 1788.
Name: Elderfrost Gammoth (銀嶺ガムート)
Title: World's Greatest Peak (世界最強峰)
Length: 2788.69cm
Order: Proboscidea
Suborder: Scalp
Family: Gammoth
Habitats: Arctic Ridge, Frozen Seaway, Polar Field
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732- August 22, 1806, French) #rococo #painting #ArtLovers #art
The Love Letter, 1780. Stolen Kiss, 1788. La Bergère, 1752.
@DevenParker @CUBoulder @epic_rebecca @connycassity @ECFjournal Paul et Virginie, a novel by Jacque-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, published in 1788.
Jean-Frédéric Schall created six designs to illustrate this book for the 1797 edition. These aquatints were masterfully engraved in color by Charles Melchior Descourtis.
Ca. 32 x 41.5 cm
It may be the #FirstDayBack for many, but @TheMERL have declared it #FirstDayQuack and we're running with it.
Here's one of our favs: a Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) painted by Sarah Stone in 1788.
#InternationalSolicitedDuckPicDay
Thomas Gainsborough died #OnThisDay in 1788. Gainsborough was, with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the leading portrait painter in England in the later 18th century. From portraits of young couples to intimate family moments, come and see some of our paintings by him in Rooms 33 and 34.
@4EvaWonderful I'm at 2788. I'm trying to reach 2,800. Any support helps!
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Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758-1836), illustratrice, épouse, collaboratrice du chimiste Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794)
- dessin du laboratoire, par Marie- Anne.
- portrait de Marie-Anne.
- JL David, Portrait de Lavoisier et de sa femme, 1788.
- Poiriep, La science et l'amour.
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun's Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan, Indian ambassador to France, sells at auction for $7.2 million—a new record for any female artist of the pre-modern era. Signed and dated lower right: L. Vigée Le Brun / 1788.
The poet George Gordon Lord Byron was born on this day in 1788. Today we share Byron’s epic work of satire, Don Juan. This edition was published in 1926. It contains more than 90 illustrations by English book illustrator John Austen. More here: https://t.co/rzzPt8onjP
One of the great masters of 18th century painting, Thomas Gainsborough, died #OnThisDay August 2 1788. Both of our Gainsborough portraits are currently on display in ‘Artist as a Thief’. Admire the exhibition before it closes on 19 August. https://t.co/iX7Vu8Rgca
George #Morland, "The #Slave #Trade," 1788. View other images of anti-slavery: https://t.co/oMdokqlYp5
Trivia time! This British painter passed away #onthisday in 1788. He's famous for including landscapes in his portraits, he liked them more.
Drinkstone Park by Thomas Gainsborough who died #onthisday in 1788. #twitterstorians #art