🎨#OTD in 8 October 1779, following his apprenticeship to engraver James Basire from 4 August 1771 - 1778, visionary British artist began to study at the in Old Somerset House, proving to be a licentious student under Sir

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Le 23 septembre 1779, la marine américaine remportait son premier succès : la capture du HMS Serapis par le Bonhomme Richard - commandé par le célèbre capitaine John Paul Jones - un ancien navire de la Compagnie française des Indes orientales offert par Louis XVI aux Insurgents.

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3 Sep 1779, American Capt John Paul Jones sailed along the coast of Britain intent on raiding Leith, Edinburgh & Newcastle-on-Tyne. His actual damage would be modest, but the morale effect on the populace was considerable.

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🖼️ Helios as Personification of Midday, (c.1765).
🎨 Painted by Anton Raphael Mengs.

Born: March 22, 1728, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Died: June 29, 1779, Rome, Italy.

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Parrots are swinging on the cable wires.Reminded of Company artist Sheikh Zain ud Din`s Madna Tota/Red-Breasted Parakeet on a Pakur /White Fig Tree,ca.1779,Impey Album. Stockholm Auction House

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in 1779, Congress awarded Margaret Corbin the first US military pension to a woman. In the 1776 battle for New York, her husband was killed. She took over his cannon, aiming so well that advancing forces stopped in order to focus on stopping her fire. https://t.co/OlTdvqS7Gs

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Painting of Malabar Trogon, a Bird from Western Ghats, now on the Endangered List.
Dated 1779, by artist Zayn al-Din of & commissioned by in and, sold by Simon Ray Ltd.

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Btd 1779, poet Thomas Moore. His 1800 version of the party-themed Anacreontea, with racy pictures, influenced Romanticism. Despite knowing ancient Greek & studied apolitical stance, as the son of a plebeian Dublin Catholic grocer he was not always welcome in polite London society

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Le Bonhomme Richard entra dans l'histoire durant le combat de Flamborough Head, le 23 septembre 1779, au cours duquel il affronta la frégate HMS Serapis. Son succès donna à la marine américaine la première victoire navale de son histoire.

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Jean Siméon Chardin (Nov 2, 1699 - Dec 6, 1779, French)

Soap Bubbles, c. 1733-34.

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Skittles and beer for some gals - and not a chap in sight! Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine, by John Collet, 1779, via the British Musuem.

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revisits the focusing on the victims in 1779, 1784, showing the Houses of Death in the illuminated books & colour prints in the 1790s, and a racially diverse grouping in 1805. But how does he see their 'invisible enemy'? more on 15/6

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Madame Lefranc Painting Her Husband Charles Lefranc, 1779, by (French, 1749–1803). Held at , https://t.co/BlTpy3Vvjl. Article by curator Magnus Olausson, https://t.co/I0oVLlDvkO

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At this stage Le Brun has become so fashionable that she came to the attention of the Queen. She painted many images of the monarch as her official painter. Marie Antoinette (1779, 1783, 1783 & 1787). The group depiction was propaganda to highlight the Queen’s role as mother.

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Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779, French painter).

Soap Bubbles, 1733-34

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On this day in 1779, Jean-Siméon Chardin died. This lovely pair of works by the French painter are on display in the Hunterian Art Gallery and come from our founder Dr William Hunter's original collection.

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John Collet - The Feather'd Fair in a Fright, 1779, British Museum

Via Roberto M. Mantovani

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James Gillray, Politeness, 1779, hand-coloured etching

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Thnx D. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, (born November 2, 1699, Paris, France—died December 6, 1779, Paris), French painter of still lifes and domestic scenes remarkable for their intimate realism and tranquil atmosphere and the luminous quality of their paint.

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