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“The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche”, 1756, By Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

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Marco Benefial’s curious portrait of the Quarantotti family, which included bankers, merchants, and a future cardinal, wearing Chinese, Turkish, and other foreign outfits, in a lush, jungle-like setting, 1756, Oil on canvas, 245 × 335 cm (Palazzo Barberini, Rome)

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Thomas Gainsborough 1727 - 1788 was an English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿portrait & landscape painter, draughtsman & printmaker.
The Painter's Daughters Chasing A Butterfly, 1756, National Gallery, London 1/2

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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.

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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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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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"Diana and Endimione" - Jean-Honore Fragonard - 1756, oil on canvas
dimensions 94 x 136 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington

Diana, goddess of the moon, during her journey in heaven, scams the beautiful sleeping pastor Endimione in a cave and immediately fell in love with it

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27 de enero de 1756, en Salzburgo, Austria, nace Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Born 1756, Sir John Newport, MP for Waterford 1803-1832.

Appointed Irish chancellor of the exchequer in his friend Lord Grenville’s ministry, Newport supported parliamentary reform and Catholic relief throughout his career.
Read his bio: https://t.co/DrkuBTYyWy

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Ahhh. A beautiful moment of escape to sink into this great François Boucher on his 317th birthday!#boucherbeauty François Boucher, Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aneas, 1756, oil on canvas (detail).The Clark, 1983.29

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Military history of mayonnaise: after French invasion of Menorca in 1756, Duke Richelieu acquired taste for local dressing made of eggs and olive oil. He liked it so much that he took the recipe back to France where it was duly called mahonnaise sauce in honour of Port Mahón.

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Né le 3 juin 1756, Louis-François Cassas était un peintre paysagiste, graveur et orientaliste.

Son père était artisan au bureau des "Ponts et Chaussés", et il l'a suivi comme apprenti dessinateur alors qu'il n'avait que quinze ans. Il est alors remarqué. Une histoire débute...

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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.

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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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JEAN-HONORÉ DE FRAGONARD ...Diana y Endimión, 1753-1756,(Washington, National Gallery)

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Per la serie « Arte e moda ». Tre abiti scelti per voi:

1. R. Madrazo y Garreta, Ritratto di María Hahn, 1901,

2. François Boucher, Ritratto della Marquise de Pompadour, 1756,

3. Carle van Loo, Ritratto di Marie Leszczynska, 1747, .

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Gillray, who was born 1756, caricatured the great & the good as well as depicting social scenes & more surreal subjects. He is particularly valuable for students of for his depictions of MPs mid-flow in the old House of Commons
https://t.co/ujT9ygCEKc

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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.

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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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