On this day in 1756, Britain officially declares war on France. Both powers have already been fighting for at least two years in the wilderness of North America.

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'Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you.'― Henry David Thoreau
Happy birthday to Thomas Gainsborough born on this day in 1727
"The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly", probably 1756
By Thomas Gainsborough, R.A...

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Gainsborough’s greatest portraits from the 1750s are of his family. Miss Gainsborough Gleaning (1756-9), the Painter’s Daughters (1758) & the Artist’s Wife (c1758) attest to his growing maturity as a portraitist, as well as his love for his family

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2/2 The artist's daughters in 1756, with little Margaret much distracted by a butterfly. Older Mary is curious but has more self-control! By Thomas Gainsborough, born OTD in 1727.

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Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of the Painters Daughters Chasing a Butterfly, ca. 1756

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1723, si ordina che i pozzi “siano muniti dei loro coperchi, da mantenersi sempre chiusi di notte” e assegnando le chiavi ai capi contrada. Il 1756 si aggiungerà che potranno essere aperti e chiusi solo 2 volte al giorno: al mattino e alla sera

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MARTIN ENGELBRECHT (1684-1756)
A celebrated engraver of his time, Engelbrecht (l) dominated the print trade in Augsburg.

Some of his best work was with optical prints. He used these in his perspective boxes and miniature theatres (r).

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ジャン・オノレ・フラゴナール『夜に勝利する女神オーロラ』1755-1756年頃 ボストン美術館

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Ancient Egyptian mummy case, 1724
by George Vertue (1684 - 1756) https://t.co/Gi77bFHdLN

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🍃BIG SALE ALERT🍃 This gorgeous Green Smoke Sketchy Ape just got picked up for .5 ETH ($1756)..

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Here’s an puzzle for your Sunday afternoon. Without googling, what do you think Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s 1756 “Broken Eggs” is really about?

(Hints if needed: It isn’t about broken *eggs*. Why does the old woman scold the *young man*? What did he “break”?)

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Naissance près de Nîmes, de L-J de Montcalm. Il participera à plusieurs campagnes en Europe avant d’être dépêché en N.-France, en 1756. Il sera victorieux à Oswego (1756), au fort William-Henry (1757) et à Carillon (1758), avant de s'incliner devant Québec (1759).

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Op 18 februari 1756, aardbeving! Afb: Opschudding in de Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, bij een aardbeving op 18 februari 1756, Simon Fokke.

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Benjamin West (1738–1820)

Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor (1756-1827), 2nd Baronet of Langley Park, Norfolk, 1777.

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Madame de Pompadour by Francois Boucher 1756
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