#1762

[nemfrog]

Life stages of a moth. Beschouwing der wonderen Gods. 1762.

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[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770) Wealth and Benefits of the Spanish Monarchy under Charles III, 1762 National Gallery of Art, Washington

[yyink]

I’ve missed them so bad so here ya go!

They look like parents in the second photo…man bring back my parents in one piece Krakens☹️. In one piece.

[doyoulikethischaracterdesign]

Lois Griffin from Family Guy

"a simple housewife who had her husband taken away by a horse."

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[my18thcenturysource]

Always a good day to post Whistlejacket's portrait. Because THIS is not a painting of a horse, is a full portrait.

I know people get deeply amazed when finding other works like 'Ophelia', by Sir John Everett Millais at the Tate Britain (I did too!), but entering the room where Whistlejacket is with no background and in life size is breathtaking.

You can go take a look at this wonderful (not anatomically correct) horse (who cares, this is ART) at the National Gallery in room 34, and read way more about this portrait, Stubbs, Whistlejacket's racing career, and the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham HERE.

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"Whistlejacket", George Stubbs, about 1762, National Gallery, London.

[artschoolglasses]

Snuffbox with Six Scenes of Putti at Play, Jean Georges (or George), miniatures by Mademoiselle Duplessis, French, 1761-62

From the Met Museum

[charminglygrouped]

"I am glad, Sir, my opinion ſo intirely agrees with a gentleman of your learning; becauſe I own to you, that I have as yet found few of my own ſex, who comprehended [Tristram Shandy] clearly enough diſcourſe with me upon the ſubject: for the men ſay none but people of learning, and a great deal of reading, can eaſily comprehend him." (source)

To be fair, you have to have a very high degree of learning to understand Tristram Shandy. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of hobby-horses most of the jokes will go over a typical reader's head

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

Portraits of the children of Maria Theresa painted by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1762. Eleven of her twelve surviving children at the time were painted. The exception was the future Joseph II.