vivelareine : > Two miniatures of a young Marie Antoinette by an unidentified > artist.
fashionsfromhistory : > Ensemble > > 1790s > > France > >> This young man’s tailcoat, with its high turned-down collar, >> narrow back, and wide lapels, ex...
fashionsfromhistory : > Armchair > > c.1720 > > France > > MFA Boston (Accession Number: 48.1354)
history-of-fashion : > 1711 Carlo Frasa - Portrait of Elena Visconti Borromeo > > (Ospedale Maggiore di Milano Art Collection)
the-evil-clergyman : > A Companion of Diana by Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1724)
history-of-fashion : > ab. 1723 Attr. to Antoine Pesne - The dancer Marianne Cochois > > (Alte Pinakothek)
bantarleton : > Recreation of British regulars playing baseball during the 1745 > Jacobite rising. Base-ball, a predecessor of rounders, was described > in John Newbery’s...
acrosscenturiesandgenerations : > ▪︎Chess set. > > Artist/Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775) > > Manufacturer: Meissen porcelain factory > > Medium: Porce...
acrosscenturiesandgenerations : > ~ Wax model of a decomposing body in a walnut coffin. > > Date: 1774-1800 > > Place of origin: Italy
ltwilliammowett : > The New Practical Navigator,was the most popular navigational text > of the late 18th century and was written by John Hamilton Moore 1795 > > > Th...
https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000022803/page/n79/mode/2up?view=theater heaveninawildflower : > Botanical illustrations taken from ‘Recueil de Plantes > Coloriees’ by J...
wonder-rooms : > Lady’s Slipper Orchid & Insects from the Natural History Cabinet > of Anna Blackburne (1768) - James Bolton
the-evil-clergyman : > The Princess by Christian von Mechel (1780)
wonder-rooms : > Blackburn’s Earth Boring Beetle, Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle & > Purple Emperor from the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne > (1768) - James B...
vivelareine : > Kitchen Scene by Pehr Hilleström, 18th century.
history-of-fashion : > ab. 1702 Possibly Jonathan Richardson the Elder - Abigail Bayly, > Lady Elton > > (Clevedon Court)
ltwilliammowett : > MARINER’S COMPASS, by Reverend Jonathan Fisher, from his > Mathematics notebook, 1791 > > Fisher was not a seafarer, but he was an extremely educ...
ltwilliammowett : > Pocket watch in a silver case, by James Richards, London 1793 > > This beautiful piece shows a Sailor’s Farewell scene. In it, a > Sailor say...
history-of-fashion : > 1770-1780 Man’s formal three-piece suit (England) > > fulled wool tabby with embroidered sequins and silver filé > > (Royal Ontario Museum)
amatesura : >> THE ANATOMICAL MACHINES, Giuseppe Salerno, c. 1756-64 >> >> In the Underground Chamber of the Sansevero Chapel, housed in two >> glass cases, are...