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I recently commissioned one of my favourite artists from all internet, to draw two of my favourite ancestors:

-Dominique de Losse, an italian born huguenot pastor who preached at the Louvre, late XVIth

-Azor, a marrano jewish artisan in the Savoy States, early XVIth

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2022-10-28

Huguenot refugees popularized them in England, and by the latter part of the 17th century many new varieties had been raised to which some charming and fanciful names were given such as the Fair Virgin, the Alderman, the Matron, Prince Silverwings.m

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2022-03-29

In the Huguenot wars, Swiss mercenaries clashed massively - then they simply counted off, and whoever had more bodies won.

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If we live in this faith, we will be rewarded with peace.

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2021-12-12

Excellent online talk by about Huguenot fan-makers active in 17th & 18th century London and exciting mapping project recording 300 workers, including the family.

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2021-07-22

Melesina Trench (22 March 1768 May 1827). née Chenevix. Huguenots.✍️, poet, diarist. Known for her beauty! Travelled Germany after 1st husband died, with cream of European society eg Lucien Bonaparte! Diaries published after death; big success! https://t.co/qfsVo6VOqf

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2021-03-22

Cadeau de bijoux religieux catholique ou protestant
Regardez cette vidéo Instagram de .jewelry.vintage https://t.co/LFA7ecNAu6
https://t.co/zdwWXWBbUB

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2021-02-14

Huguenot refugees popularized them in England, and by the latter part of the 17th century many new varieties had been raised to which some charming and fanciful names were given such as the Fair Virgin, the Alderman, the Matron, Prince Silverwings.

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2021-01-08

Huguenot refugees escaping to England in the 17th century had no choice but to travel across the sea. We don't have any contemporary images but imagine a typical scene in our galleries The Sea

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2020-11-06

1590 At the Battle of Ivry, part of Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France, leader of Huguenot forces defeats the Catholic League led by Charles of Lorraine and Spanish forces of the Count of Egmont.

Painting by Peter Paul Rubens

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2020-03-14

This week's Henty book is 'St. Bartholomew’s Eve: a Tale of the Huguenot Wars,' written by George Alfred Henty. The book covers the events of the 1572 St. Bartholomew's Eve Massacre. Learn more here: https://t.co/s2OI2QNleC

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2020-02-25

Tweaked the pattern..Stretched it a little & added a join..This picture is looking thru the screen & at the sky thru the studio atrium window

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2019-11-12

“So what did u do at the studio today dear?” Well I traced the outline of a well-washed repeating pattern of ruffling from a 1950’s Channel bedcover..”that’s nice”..

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2019-11-02

15 May 1858 The 3rd Covent Garden opened with a performance of Meyerbeer’s ‘Les Huguenots”

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2019-05-15

Today’s is a work of art. It is a 1725 Spitalfields silk dress. Spitalfield (a London suburb) became famous for their silk after French Protestant (Huguenot) refugees settled in the area. This dress shows their skill of making lace like patterns in silk.

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2019-02-18

29 February - 'The La Touches: The Rise and Fall of an Irish Huguenot Family'. This talk traces the origins of the La Touche family in Ireland, through its greatest days in 18C to the decline of the family in 19C (Image: David La Touche II) Tickets: https://t.co/kkSqlljxP9

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2019-02-13

In 1994 the house steward who lived on site was woken one night to find Mary Tooke, a wealthy Huguenot from the Georgian times, shaking his bed violently. Maybe since she had such elegant taste she disapproved of the house
steward’s furniture choices.

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2018-10-27

This Huguenot immigrant is the hardest character to draw without a mouth

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2018-02-14

finished two commissions today, hell yeah! got a full colour commission for of huguenot barleygather the halfling cleric, and a second flat colour commission for of his character vilde!

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2018-01-10

Wonderful illustration by Enric Huguenot for a vintage ad https://t.co/FopHK114dO

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2017-03-23