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@cr5892 My first book is out January 3rd! The White Horse a gothic folk horror. Jane Eyre meets The Wicker Man in 1780s England.
Up for auction at Sotheby's: Daniel Gardner's intriguing watercolour portrait of a young #ViscountCastlereagh, dated to the 1780s.
Here's hoping that it lands somewhere where it will be available for research🤞
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... 1780S A WINTERS BALL AND THE SCHUYLER SISYERS ARE THE ENVY OF ALL YO-
As a foil to his society portraits he began his Cottage series where, influenced by Murillo, he sought to raise the stature of honest peasant life. Cottage Girl (1785), Girl with Pigs (1782) & Cottage Door (1780s). The Cottage Girl is his masterpiece in .@NGIreland
It's time for another sewing thread. This time, I'm making a dream dress! A 1780s robe pollonaise (and once I figure that out, I'll use the same underpinnings for a robe à la Anglaise court dress!
Here are some inspirations:
These beautiful peonies appear in ‘Flora Rossica’ by German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was published in St Petersburg in 1780s. This copy once belonged English botanist Dawson Turner.
#RareBooks #Peonies
Drawings by French architect and draughtsman Jean-Jacques Lequeu, exact dates unknown but c. 1780s-1810s, known for his large collection of fantastical architecture designs donated to the French Royal Library just before his death
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Paris, (1725–1805)
Head of a young woman, c.1780s.
Her expression of, possibly sorrowful longing—typical of têtes d’expression- used in an artist's academic training.
Collection & photo © @metmuseum
Three bijin and a maidservant in conversation on the engawa, by Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1780s
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Earthly Paradise in Wuling (1780s – the Edo period) — A Handscroll painting by the Japanese artist, Tani Bunchō (1763 – 1841) — #Japanese #Paradise #Art now at the British Museum (@britishmuseum) in London, UK
TODAY'S ART DEAL OF THE DAY is Jean-Honore Fragonard The Stolen Kiss, late 1780s (Pre-Framed). Today it is an Extra 40% off: https://t.co/jW7kp7xWi0 #art #dealoftheday
View of Madurai's palace buildings, 1780s, by Elisha Trapaud (@britishlibrary WD4561). Some of these structures are still standing and can be visited today. https://t.co/3juik3Ma5K
I’m going to wrap Fearne into a 1780s inspired outfit and nobody is going to stop me yesss #workinprogress
Marie Thérèse and Louis Charles, Madame Royale and Dauphin of France, painted by Ludwig Guttenbrunn, c. late 1780s
William Marlow, English, (1740 - 1813)
Westminster Bridge, 1780s.
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Iconic French artist #JeanHonoréFragonard died #onthisday 1806.
This evocative work is part of a group of allegorical depictions of love painted by Fragonard in the 1780s, and portrays love as a natural force and uncontrollable passion, stronger than the people affected by it.