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Born 12Aug1762 future King at St. James's Palace. He married his cousin Princess Caroline of Brunswick but it was unhappy as he had secretly contracted a marriage w/Maria Fitzherbert that was invalid because his father never consented.

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2021-08-12

Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - Cashmere shawls were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Joan Hart, a textile expert of today, wrote: “The artist Elizabeth Vigee ... https://t.co/ljsIUizKF0

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2021-08-01

A French privateer, originally built as a polacca, was to serve under the flags of four nations in just 8 years. She fought her most remarkable action as the brig-of-war HMS Transfer in 1799. Click: https://t.co/1GIwnPpAOw

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2021-07-24

Anecdotes about the Woman Known as Madame de Staël - There are many anecdotes about the woman known as Born Anne Louise Germaine Necker in Paris, France, but of Swiss origin, ... https://t.co/imgxT2TxTs

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2021-07-11

Peter Williamson aka “Indian Peter” of the - Peter Williamson, also known as “#IndianPeter,” was a Scottish memoirist who was part showman, part entrepreneur and inventor. He ... https://t.co/r17bG9aD6J

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2021-06-28

Peter Williamson aka “Indian Peter” of the - Peter Williamson, also known as “Indian Peter,” was a Scottish memoirist who was part showman, part entrepreneur and inventor. He was ... https://t.co/6X1UeCTLfH

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2021-06-24

Hyde Park: Interesting Incidents in the 1700s - was established by Henry VIII in 1536 and opened to the public in 1637 where it quickly became popular. Major improvements to the park ... https://t.co/vuNLtznk50

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2021-06-14

Hyde Park: Interesting Incidents in the 1700s - was established by Henry VIII in 1536 and opened to the public in 1637 where it quickly became popular. Major improvements to the park ... https://t.co/nytHMsyNsD

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2021-06-09

I had a lot of fun with this one, it's so deliciously colourful 😍 I put a historical twist on it since that's my niche 😏⁠

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2021-06-08

Though Thomas Rowlandson lampoons the artist ignoring his family for his creative work in Chamber of Genius, perhaps the scene hits home for working parents during the pandemic!
1/ Hand-colored etching at the Met (April 2, 1806).

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2021-05-28

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Master of Miniatures, Pastels, and Oils - Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was the youngest of eight children. She was born in 1749 in Paris to a bourgeois haberdasher. As an adolescent ... https://t.co/zWbiRiKhRU

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2021-05-25

Happy Introduced to England in the 1650s, tea sales of the British East India Company at the end of the — at 20m lbs. — were 400 times as much as at the beginning of the century.

From our BOTANY OF EMPIRE exhibit: https://t.co/368tP9v1Jz

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2021-05-22

You can find ECF on Project MUSE:
Plebeianizing the Female Soldier: Radical Liberty and /The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies/, by Fraser Easton https://t.co/6qpzzvOzqb

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2021-05-18

Women’s Accessories in the 1700s - Women’s were the fashion item that completed their look, and in the eighteenth century, there were plenty of accessories for a woman to use or wear ... https://t.co/yjrI5cXte9

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2021-05-17

Congratulations 2020 and 2021 graduates! This portrait of an unknown Graduate of Merton College, Oxford is attributed to George Knapton (c. 1754/1755, ). 1/

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2021-05-16