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26 September 2023
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “The Royal American Magazine is likely in... »
From: The Adverts 250 Project

Lord Rawdon at Camden—Giving a Victor His Due: Occupation and Pacification

26 September 2023
Though he played a significant role in British victory at the Battle of Camden August 16, 1780, the leadership of Lt. Col.... »
From: Journal of the American Revolution

Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer

26 September 2023
Life in the England of AD1000 was grim. About 10 per cent of the population were slaves; in the South West 20 per cent. The... »
From: Mathew Lyons

Garde françaises 1757

26 September 2023
 See the whole set hereBAUDOUIN - " Exercice de l'Infanterie Françoise ordonné par le Roy le VI May M.D.CC IV 1757" »
From: Wars of Louis Quatorze

The slow death of innocence: the trial and execution of Jean Calas

26 September 2023
It was the evening of October 13 1761, shortly after 9:30pm, that Pierre Calas discovered the body of his older brother,... »
From: Mathew Lyons

Exhibition | Discover Liotard and The Lavergne Family Breakfast

26 September 2023
The exhibition opens this fall at The National Gallery (with the press release available here) . . . Discover Liotard and... »
From: Enfilade

Tuesday 25 September 166

26 September 2023
To the office, where Sir W. Batten, Colonel Slingsby, and I sat awhile, and Sir R. Ford coming to us about some business,... »
From: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Love and death: the revolutionary art of José Guadalupe Posada

25 September 2023
Artist José Guadalupe Posada was born on 2 February 1852 in the city of Aguascalientes in central Mexico. Biographical details... »
From: Mathew Lyons

London sportsmen recharging

25 September 2023
Print shows one of two huntsmen negligently using a ramrod. A barnyard rooster hangs from his waist. His companion leans... »
From: Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions

GiorgioneL Man of Sorrows

25 September 2023
Back in 2011 I identified a painting often called "Homage to a Poet" as Giorgione's version of the Man of Sorrows. I reprise... »
From: Giorgione et al...

Bodleian Printer in Residence: Tia Blassingame

25 September 2023
Tia Blassingame will be printer in residence at the Bodleian Bibliographical Press from 9 October to 9 November 2023. During... »
From: The Conveyor

The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America

25 September 2023
BOOK REVIEW: The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Cynthia Kierner (University of Virginia... »
From: Journal of the American Revolution

September 25

25 September 2023
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “At the Sign of the CUP and CROWN … in BALTIMORE.”... »
From: The Adverts 250 Project

Journée d’étude : « Si loin, si proche ». Le regard du XIXe siècle sur l’architecture de la Renaissance italienne dans les relations entre la France et l’Italie (Jeudi 19 octobre 2023, Paris, INHA, Salle Giorgio Vasari, 9h15-17h00)

25 September 2023
Journée d’étude : « Si loin, si proche ». Le regard du XIXe siècle sur l’architecture de la Renaissance italienne... »
From: Le blog de l'APAHAU

Présentation d’ouvrages : « La forme idéale à la Renaissance » et « Arts et pouvoirs. Un dialogue entre continuité, ruptures et réinvention » (Campisano-Hermann) (Rome, 24 octobre 2023)

25 September 2023
Présentation d’ouvrages : « La forme idéale à la Renaissance » et « Arts et pouvoirs. Un dialogue entre continuité,... »
From: Le blog de l'APAHAU

Théia. Revue d’histoire et d’histoire de l’art – Appel à articles – Numéro thématique Retours d’expérience en édition numérique de sources en Histoire et Histoire de l’art (XVe – XXIe siècle)

25 September 2023
Graphe représentant les métadonnées de milliers de documents d’archives, documentant le réseau social de centaines... »
From: Le blog de l'APAHAU

Slavery Advertisements Published September 25, 1773

25 September 2023
The Slavery Adverts 250 Project chronicles the role of newspaper advertising in perpetuating slavery in the era of the American... »
From: The Adverts 250 Project

Before Joaquin Phoenix, There was “Napoleon Gomersal”

25 September 2023
By Luke Reynolds The announcement of Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte in Napoleon, Sir Ridley Scott’s upcoming... »
From: Age of Revolutions

Antoon Van Dyck, le premier catalogue raisonné multiformat du musée du Louvre

25 September 2023
Mercredi 27 septembre à 18h – Antoon Van Dyck. Catalogue raisonné des tableaux du musée du Louvre Le musée du Louvre... »
From: Le blog de l'APAHAU

Bibliomania, a broken heart and a flight to Russia: the life of Elizabeth Justice

25 September 2023
Elizabeth Justice was surely not alone in being young and unhappily married in 18th-century London. Where she was singular,... »
From: Mathew Lyons

Rosenberg Lecture | Aaron Wile on Inventing Genius

25 September 2023
From the DMA: Aaron Wile | Enlightened Inspiration: Inventing Genius in the First Age of Celebrity Annual Rosenberg Lecture... »
From: Enfilade

Jane Austen’s Family Churches: St. Nicholas’, Steventon

25 September 2023
Jane Austen grew up in the lovely little church at Steventon. »
From: Jane Austen's World

ANZAMEMS Conference Revised CFP, Extended Deadline

25 September 2023
ANZAMEMS Conference 2024Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand8 – 11 February 2024 Legacies & Relevance In addition to... »
From: ANZAMEMS Inc

Monday 24 September 166

25 September 2023
(Office day). From thence to dinner by coach with my wife to my Cozen Scott’s, and the company not being come, I went... »
From: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Picture of the Week #774

24 September 2023
The Norman Keep and the Elizabethan Gardens of Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015. I’m once again reminded how relatively... »
From: TudorHistory.org Blog

Michal Paradowski found this

24 September 2023
 From https://www.facebook.com/HistorycznybotImages of English officers and soldiers from the army of Henry VIII, after... »
From: Wars of Louis Quatorze

Nouvelle publication : La sculpture française, une passion américaine

24 September 2023
French Sculpture, An American Passion / La sculpture française, une passion américaine par Laure de Margerie, avec la collaboration... »
From: Le blog de l'APAHAU

September 24

24 September 2023
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Send or bring the Receipts they have received,... »
From: The Adverts 250 Project

Slavery Advertisements Published September 24, 1773

24 September 2023
The Slavery Adverts 250 Project chronicles the role of newspaper advertising in perpetuating slavery in the era of the American... »
From: The Adverts 250 Project

The Schollers of Cheapeside, change ringing and the church bells of England

24 September 2023
Ben Jonson called it “the poetry of steeples”. In his Bedfordshire youth, John Bunyan was seduced by, if not addicted... »
From: Mathew Lyons

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