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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.
'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...
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
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.
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of the Painters Daughters Chasing a Butterfly, ca. 1756
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1730
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).
Captain Robert Orme, 1756 https://t.co/yU7RgWK0tk #joshuareynolds #rococo
Ancient Egyptian mummy case, 1724
by George Vertue (1684 - 1756) @royalacademy 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).. #SketchyApeBC
Here’s an #ArtLovers 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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@redne2013 @BaroneZaza70 @albertopetro2 @cecchi_giovanna @Rebeka80721106 @smarucci461 @erminiopasquat1 @EnricoCastrovil @claudioborlotto @DavLucia @agustin_gut @dianadep1 @Titas37 @angela3nipoti1 @djolavarrieta @Messe11 @neblaruz @cmont4560 @paoloigna1 @guagnano_paolo @CarloEnrico16 @ceconomou56 @BryanMatthews23 @revove22454 @ValerioLivia @AnnaMar90949897 @PasqualeTotaro @pieroBENEDETTO @lagatta4739 @Asamsakti @artmajcar @javiango @giuseppenotarn1 @GuernseyJuliet @BrindusaB1 @GerberArancio @Hakflak @LunaLeso @migliaccio31 @PreziosaGemma @AlessandraCicc6 @CaterinaCategio @MariangelaSant8 ..Abraham Pether (1756 – 13 April 1812) was an English landscape painter,
Cosmic Trippies #1756 Sold for 0.065Ξ https://t.co/2tNpcoRAwN #NFT #NFTs #NFTsales #nftcomunity #nftart #artoftheday #cryptonews #nftcollectors
28 février 1712
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).
Op 18 februari 1756, aardbeving! Afb: Opschudding in de Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, bij een aardbeving op 18 februari 1756, Simon Fokke.
Joseph-Marie Vien, Sweet Melancholy, 1756 https://t.co/FpwLXIQ5PY #europeanart #museumarchive
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Madame de Pompadour by Francois Boucher 1756
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