#1723

[phoebebrxdgers]

willmack ripped a page straight out of the tobin/christen book when it comes to… like most things actually lmao

[thisflighttonight]

Spitalfields Silk Dress

1742-1743 altered in c.1840

Designer unknown

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Daniel Gran (Austrian, 1694-1757) Allegory of daybreak, 1723 Belvedere, Vienna

[thesobsister]

Mary Toft and Her Extraordinary Delivery of Rabbits

In late 1726 much of Britain was caught up in the curious case of Mary Toft, a woman from Surrey who claimed that she had given birth to a l

Did an illiterate servant give birth to rabbits, as was believed by some of the learnéd physicians dispatched by the Crown to investigate, or was she bamboozling England with her nigh-unto-unbelievable claims?

My favorite bit of the Hogarth engraving featured in the article:

From the invaluable @publicdomainreview

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 1723/★

[doyoulikethischaracterdesign]

Scarecrow from Bustafellows

"The so-called 'boss of the underworld' and a gifted computer expert. Scarecrow, sometimes shortened to Crow, hardly ever leaves his gigantic house, but he doesn't really need to given his skills with hacking and technology. His sedimentary lifestyle, however, has made him have difficulties with socializing, particularly with women."

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[tilltheyhiggonmyboson]

You should be able to eat dry kelp blocks in minecraft.

If dried kelp is edible, why not eat the entire block?

[whencyclopedia]

Voltaire

Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French author, historian, and philosopher whose thoughts on religious toleration and moderation of authoritarian power were influential during the Enlightenment. His most famous work today is the satirical Candide, which presents Voltaire's critical thoughts on other philosophers, the Catholic Church, and the French state in order to highlight the need for real solutions to everyday problems.

Early Life

François-Marie Arouet, better known by his chosen pseudonym Voltaire, was born in Paris on 21 November 1694. Françoise-Marie's father was a notary who sent him to the highly esteemed Louis-le-Grand college, then run by Jesuits. Going on to study law, Françoise-Marie's real interest was literature, and he was soon writing his own poems and plays. These early offerings were the beginning of what would turn out to be a momentous catalogue of works of all kinds by the end of Voltaire's long career.

In 1718, Voltaire's first play, Oedipus, was successfully staged, and he had his first poem, La Henriade, published to great acclaim in 1723. Voltaire might have had literary aspirations, but his fledgling career took a nosedive in 1726 when, after an argument with the Chevalier de Rohan, he was confined in the infamous Bastille prison. When he got out, Voltaire decided to broaden his horizons, and he visited first the Netherlands and then England, where he lived until 1729.

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