Elizabeth O’Neill – A Great Tragedienne - A couple of months after the guillotining of Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth O’Neill was born in Drogheda, Ireland, on 12 December 1793. She was ... https://t.co/SZFvu1G436

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The character profiles are here, along with the template! Have fun making profiles for your OCs!!

high res template: https://t.co/xUgSCSBi6g

fonts used: 18thCentury, Martina, ABeeZee

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1796: HMS Southampton’s capture of a French corvette close inshore & protected by powerful enemy shore-batteries was one of the most spectacular exploits of the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: https://t.co/ieKF8BZEgw

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Did coloring instead of leaving it at lineart, my shall sit on his throne forevermore.

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Glossary of Used in the - The Quadrille was a popular square dance that became fashionable in the late 18th century. It was first introduced at Louis XV’s court sometime around 1760 and would ... https://t.co/IUAFx28hk8

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Happy to those celebrating! 💐 In honour of mamas, aunties, grannies, & all who mother, here’s a small selection of lovely portraits of motherhood.🌸🥰

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Maria Pieters, later Maria Wesley, Viscountess Wesley of Mallsladerie
(2nd pic is comparing her and her father, Kylian Pieters)

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I'm really enjoying editing four travel journals by servants - the hidden majority on the deceptively familiar 'Grand Tour'. Just confirmed that they should be out next year with Records of Social and Economic History!

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Another suggestion for a weekend read:
an ECF article
Transformations of Gender and Race in Maria Riddell's Transatlantic Biopolitics,
by Melissa Bailes
https://t.co/1ak0ZdI6hS

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I'll post the whole thing on Friday, for now have some Kylian content 👍
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To me, weekends mean time with my kiddos, so here’s an innocent garden scene to celebrate. Trinquesse’s “Lady Playing a Guitar” is a delight & notable for its lack of trouble-causing Cupids! The gowns and faces are especially sweet. 🌸💛💐

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Born 1749 Charles James Fox, towering politician of the 2nd half of the
"Fox’s ‘negligent grandeur’ obscured his brilliance... his oratory, ‘original, deep, subtle, vehement & expansive’... was a force to be reckoned with."

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