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I drew GW's military family circa 1776 last year, and I've been meaning to draw more of the aides. I always draw these guys lol, but I thought I'd use their actual portraits for reference this time, as a study (Meade doesn't have a portrait, but his sister does! Also: this useful post by @revolutionary-pirate)!

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#my art #amrev #alexander hamilton #john laurens #marquis de lafayette #george washington #tench tilghman #richard kidder meade #would you believe me if I told you that drawing GW was the easiest to me? im crying #Lafayette and Meade were also very good to me #why are some people easier to draw than others. I have no idea #my boys!!#unrelated but I have a random headcanon that Meade is a hugger #ain't that cute #pls let me time travel so I can draw them from life #did you know the word physiognomy? I learned that recently #I aspire

have you seen this statue of Lafayette, Washington, and Hamilton at Morristown? the height difference always makes me chuckle

#it's not his fault they're so tall lmao #I love seeing things to scale #I took so many pics when I visited Morristown back in December #got photos of these statues from every angle lol. for reference!#amrev #marquis de lafayette #george washington #alexander hamilton

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I wrote a fic based on my little lams au, if you're interested: On se retrouve

Little Laurens meets little Hamilton in the West Indies! The childhood sweethearts au that no one asked for is here :)

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Chapter 2 is here!

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Chapter 3 is here, featuring an extra special guest :)

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Chapter 4 just dropped y'all - a nighttime play date whaaaa

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Chapter 5 is finally here! Alex has a proposition, and John is afraid of getting caught (of course)

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Chapter 6 is here!!

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Chapter 7 is posted! (can you believe it)

#my fics #fic #historical lams #little lams #spoiler: Rachel Faucette Lavien finally appears!

Garrow's Law (2009-2011)

Set in the Old Bailey of Georgian London against a backdrop of corruption and social injustice, Garrow's Law is inspired by the life of pioneering barrister William Garrow and is based on real cases from the late 18th century.

This review article does a fantastic job explaining and contextualizing the show and the historical figure that the titular character is based on; Garrow pioneered the rigorous cross-examination of prosecution that paved the way for our modern legal system of today. Fun Fact: he is often credited for introducing the phrase "innocent until proven guilty."

#garrow's law #bbc #18th century #georgian era #tv series #william garrow #historical #courtroom drama #legal drama #I just feel like this show is very underrated!#it's like “Law & Order” but in the 18th century! A historical courtroom drama!#also this really caters to my hyperfixation on John Laurens - who studied law and would've been sitting in the courtroom to watch #he was 10 years too early to cross paths with William Garrow (who was born 1760 and didn't start legal counsel until the late 1770s)#the show spans the late 18th century - or after the 1780s #the entire series is uploaded to Youtube! and other places as well I'm sure

Bedtime on the Morrigan

I like the thought that Haytham prefers to stay in the captain's quarters and/or Shay invites him to stay in the captain's quarters ("because he's the Grand Master" and all that), but there's only one bed! They like each other, so they don't mind this arrangement. Maybe except for all the times Gist accidentally walks in, lmao (Shaytham doodles part 2/?)

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#my art #assassin's creed #ac rogue #shaytham #assassins creed rogue #shay patrick cormac #haytham kenway #can I just say there was a fic that got me crying over these two? that's crazy work #when two people say they don't have any friends and then turn to each other and say “but you have me” I will absolutely cry #it's like being the only two people in the world #loneliness is so real #I love my old man yaoi #anyway Haytham is unrecognizable without his tricorn hat lol help

Have you heard of the Save Our Signs project (SOS)?

It's a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) materials and signage before they are removed from public view! This is a way we can combat the censorship and erasure of history in the US.

They launched the Save Our Signs Archive, a curated collection of 10,000+ photos of National Park Service signs, exhibits, texts, and museum plaques that have been submitted by members of the public. If you want to contribute, they are always accepting photos!

It's also a neat way to view some of the exhibits if you haven't been there before: Save Our Signs Archive!

#save our signs #national parks service #nps #american history #historic preservation #us history #I have so many photos from my trips to historical parks #like guys. there is a Christiansted National Historic Site #the plaques about Hamilton oh my goodness #a part of me always wondered if any of the parks or museums would ever use that portrait of him #it is the most handsome portrayal of him imo

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y'all the PBS amrev docu-series is out, and they have an official page on the PBS website featuring "experiences" like interactive maps, multimedia articles, and even a card game (yes I tried it)!

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I finally finished the amrev docu-series! I wasn't sure if they were going to mention Laurens, but they did :) He's in episode 5: The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)

#reblogging in case you haven't had the chance to watch the docu-series!#they were airing it all weekend long haha #amrev #pbs #american revolution #american history #save pbs #some of the shots are so scenic! I love cinematography

aides-de-camp

The aides-de-camp, "George Washington's Indispensable Men", and the one and only Marquis de Lafayette, because he's part of the Family too! I love my revolutionary manumission abolitionists. Happy birthday to America - please view the high quality versions and special version (with flying papers), closeups, and my process on instagram: @jhocaaa!

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#my art #amrev #animated gif #alexander hamilton #john laurens #marquis de lafayette #richard kidder meade #tench tilghman #robert hanson harrison

"John Laurens"

A quick mockup of how I'd imagine John Laurens in a biopic, because I saw a few clips of James McAvoy in Atonement (2007), and I thought his face would be perfect for John Laurens! I felt so strongly about it, I was compelled to make this. I used this screenshot from the movie.

Just for fun, I've been compiling an amrev "fan cast" (it's more like a John Laurens biopic cast list ngl), and honestly it's more like a "dream cast" because everyone I've listed is from different generations and/or at different times in their lives lol. My list is always changing, but maybe one day I'll make a mockup of them all, who knows

#john laurens #american revolution #amrev #but do you see it #do you see the vision #photoshop #obviously James McAvoy is older now but go ahead and look up a scene from Atonement - they're on youtube - and tell me that's not Laurens #I keep saying “fan cast” without any direction #I'd love a biopic series about GW's aides #and it would be based on “George Washington's Indispensable Men” by Arthur S. Lefkowitz #it would span the American Revolution and go through GW's Military Family #the overarching plot is the Revolution and the subplots are the relationships of the aides + their personal lives #I just want a historical drama that has John Laurens in it OK #even if he's not the main character #I apologize for my mediocre photoshop job LMAO #it looks worse the longer I look at it

Haytham and Shay

just some doodles of Haytham and Shay (part 1/?)

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#my art #acr #assassin's creed #assassin's creed rogue #ac rogue #shaytham #shay patrick cormac #shay cormac #haytham kenway #I love my old man yaoi #it is 2026 and I'm over here gushing over games that came out over a decade ago #black flag resynced soon tho!!!!#where my people at

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arguing generals

Based on this scene from “George Washington” (1984), where Laurens, Lafayette, and Hamilton are watching Washington and Lee argue the night before the battle of Monmouth. Bonus versions + my process on instagram (with musical accompaniment)!

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#my art #throwback art for the battle of monmouth!#amrev #john laurens #alexander hamilton #marquis de lafayette #animated illustration #animated #george washington #charles lee #video #the gay trio #laflams

PBS posted a video about Steuben called Being Queer Was Illegal in Early America- Unless You Were This Guy which is fun (I always think of Drunk History's retelling of Steuben lol), and they mentioned the boys!

*Edit: they keep changing the name of the video lol I'm crying - now it's "George Washington's Secret Weapon was Queer"

#happy pride 🌈#I could feel Laurens's ghost wanting to hide and wither away when they @ ed him lmao #oh that repressed boy #amrev #baron von steuben

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I have this bad habit of seeing (projecting) Laurens in every piece of media I consume so I've decided to write it down. Updating with actors for others as well!

here's my (ongoing) cast list:

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reblogging because I finally watched Barry Lyndon (1975) and I was surprised to see an actress named Gay Hamilton - who, ironically enough, I think would make a great Rachel Faucette! I also think the female lead Marisa Berenson could be Eleanor Laurens (this is how she looks in the movie!)

#Barry Lyndon (1975)#I haven't done the math but the titular character lives through the Seven Years War #so maybe he's around GW's age #when “Gay Hamilton” showed up in the credit roll I went ???#what a fun name

animals

I love symbolism, so I was excited for today’s ‘animals’ prompt for the @lamssummer2026 event! I made petit lion Hamilton last year, and so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to make a stallion Laurens to match :)

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#my art #amrev #john laurens #alexander hamilton #historical lams #lams summer 2026 #these are my favorite colors ahh

18th century shows, movies, and games

A list of shows, movies, and games set in the 18th century that I would personally recommend! This is an ongoing list that I'll add to as I find them. *Anything listed with 'History' for its genre means historical events take place, historical figures make an appearance, and/or historical event(s) or figure(s) are referred to in that piece of media.

Shows

TURN: Washington's Spies (Drama, History, War)

George Washington (Biography, History, War)

John Adams (Biography, Drama, History)

Garrow's Law (Biography, Legal Drama, History)

Black Sails (Drama, Action, Adventure)

The Great (Dark Comedy, Drama, History, Satire)

Harlots (Drama)

The Rose of Versailles (Anime, Shojo, History, Drama, Romance)

Our Flag Means Death (Comedy, Romance, History, Adventure)

Movies

Hamilton: the Musical (Biography, History, Drama, Musical)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Action, Adventure)

Sleepy Hollow (Dark Fantasy, Folk Horror, Mystery)

Barry Lyndon (Drama, History)

Games

Ambition: A Minuet in Power (Dating Sim, Visual Novel, History)

Assassin's Creed III (Action, Stealth, History)

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (Action, Stealth, History)

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry (Action, Stealth, History)

Assassin's Creed: Liberation (Action, Stealth, History)

Assassin's Creed: Rogue (Action, Stealth, History)

Assassin's Creed: Unity (Action, Stealth, History)

*If you can't play these games, I would recommend watching them too (I don't have AC: Unity, so I watched it; I also watched someone else play Ambition: A Minuet in Power before picking it up for myself).

Feel free to give recommendations! I'm always looking for more media set in the 18th century, and I'm sure there are plenty that I haven't even heard of yet.

#18th century #show recommendations #recs #I'm probably forgetting something #there are still some shows on my watch list that I haven't gotten around to yet #I will say I am hesitant to watch some things - like the movie: Marie Antoinette (2006)#the chokehold that Assassin's Creed has on me right now. you would not believe #I love that Assassin's Creed immerses the player in the historical period!

I just wanted to ask for permission to commission a different artist to draw your vampire Alexander... Is that allowed?? May I or is he rather not shared 👀👀👀

Hi! Sure you can!

#asks #answered #anonymous #amrev #alexander hamilton #the roller coaster of emotion I had when I saw this ask lmao #being mature means understanding my limits and knowing that I suck and that's okay!#<- ...my mind lol. I'm one of those people who gets crazy imposter syndrome. the internal spiral is crazy haha #“there are so many amazing and talented artists out there who can do it way better than me”#anyway don't mind me #I love other artists' styles and they inspire me! The imposter syndrome is just something I have to deal with on my own #we're all on our own journeys

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☀︎☾ coelestia

It's the spring equinox today in the northern hemisphere (the day and night are approximately equal in length)! I love the symbolism and cultural significance of the Sun and Moon (I love the Sun/Moon dynamic so very much, and I think it suits lams). Someone once asked me to elaborate on my interpretation of their Sun/Moon dynamic, and naturally I had to draw it. I also ended up writing a whole fic about it: Coelestia

I had alternate versions for Laurens that I didn’t end up going with bc I wanted them to match lol - you can view them on my insta :)

The Star Lafayette is here! And the full trio (as faux tarots) are here!

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#super late but reblogging for lams summer 2026! the theme for June 16 was 'celestial' and you know how much I love that haha #unfortunately I didn't have the bandwidth to draw anything but maybe I will in the future #historical lams #john laurens #alexander hamilton #amrev #my art #you already know my whole spiel on Sun/Moon lams so I won't get into it

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