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anna 🪶 @futurumopteryx.bsky.social · 13h

🦋 kleine vuurvlinder ♥️ vanmiddag boven op de pergola 🤗nog een mooie avond! 🌄 #nature today #Natuur #butterflies #insects #photography #garden 2/2

nog maar één keer eerder in de tuin gezien, dus dit is de tweede in afgelopen zes jaar, blij mee, dankzij de bloeiende klimop ✨💚 wat is het toch een aardig dwz relaxed vlindertje! 🦋

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Chiswick House: interior views (photography strictly verboten!) #c18 #c18th #18thc

The Blue Velvet Room, with rich silk wall hangings and masses of gilding. The photography police were too passively aggressively vigilant to allow me to take snaps of the Red Velvet Room, where the interpretive guides have gone pretty heavily into the ‘Lord Burlington was a crypto-Jacobite’ theory promoted by Jane Clark (which I’m not sure I buy)

Doorway in the Blue Velvet Room with gilt pediment and over door portrait flanked by gilt putti

Under the central octagonal dome , hung with large paintings over Roman marble bust on gilt brackets

Curved white marble fireplace with gilding

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Octagon (1720), Orleans House, by James Gibbs #c18 #c18th #18thc

Exterior: red brick, white stonework, tall Palladian windows below, round windows above

Interior with gilt plasterwork and chandelier. Snapped before a stroppy wedding planner ejected me

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The painter Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) was t-h-e female celebrity artist of the 18th century. Read more about her life in London: regency-explorer.net/angelica/

detail of a painting by Angelica Kauffmann, depicting a female artist

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Daring & Skill: 10 Women who Conquered the Art World: regency-explorer.net/artists/

left: A silhouette of a Lady, 104mm, by Isabella Beetham / right: Roses and grapes, watercolour, by Anne Frances Byrne, 1826

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

through the mirror into dawn

A gilded mirror reflecting the ceiling of the 18thc room painted to look like dawn - with pink clouds - and also reflecting a gilded mirror on the opposite wall

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Sophie Schröder 1781 - 1868 actress at the Court Theater, also called ‚The German Siddons‘

Portrait of a woman with dark curls worn under a cap held by red ribbons. She looks to the left side, she smiles slightly

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Anne Seymour Damer, bust of Prince Henry Lubomirski as Bacchus (c1777) @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social #c18 #c18th #18thc

White marble bust of a boy with shoulder length wavy locks

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Dr Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Help! Does anyone, by chance, have either photos or transcriptions of Thomas Parsons's diary? In whole or part? He was a stonecutter in Bath in 1769. It's at the Huntington and all I can find a handful of articles :/ #18thc #skystorians

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just returned from a showing of the newest Sense and Sensibility! It is definitely worth a watch and rather sublime. I’m certain some people will be angered by elements of it because it’s different to other versions but there’s an awful lot to enjoy and I’ll be watching it again many times!

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Sofiimagines @sofiimagines.bsky.social · 16h

Double Take Scarlet Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm') 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #RoseWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #Flowers #LovelyThings #Rosaceae #InMyGarden

A close-up photograph of Double Take Scarlet flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm') in bloom: bright red double-petaled flowers with yellow stamens, plus unopened buds and small green leaves on a gray woody branch. A springtime treat that brings fiery warmth to the awakening landscape.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 20h

Grapes, flowers, golden leaves - oh, such autumn splendor at the edges of an 18thc fan 🤩

Detail view: The left side of an 18th Century fan, painted with flowers, grapes and gilded leaves. On display at Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich

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Oto @oto2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📷️Nikon Zf 📸Schneider-Kreuznach Edixa-Xenar 50mm F2.8 #photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look forward to October! Here is a list of new #non_fiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for next month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ #Regency #Napoleon #history #18thc #JaneAusten

A compilation of 21 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

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Oto @oto2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📷️Nikon Zf 📸Leica Elmar 9cm F4 #photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf #Stunday

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Black Cat Looking Straight Ahead by contemporary Japanese artist Toshiyuki Enoki (born 1961).

Positioned squarely in the center of a heavily textured, antiqued golden ground, a jet-black cat sits in erect, motionless composure, staring directly out at the viewer. Its dense dark coat is rendered with meticulous, micro-fine brushwork, giving tactile softness to the chest and ears while contrasting sharply against the coarse, woven grain of the underlying substrate. Two large, luminous amber eyes—framed by thin golden irises and wide, dilated pupils—glow with unblinking intensity, serving as the sole vibrant point of light within the ink-dark silhouette. At the base, a single tail curls smoothly outward across the muted canvas, while in the lower left corner, a bright vermilion and yellow circular seal bearing the artist's mark anchors the lower register.
Painted by contemporary artist Toshiyuki Enoki (born 1961), this work continues Japan’s long-standing painterly fascination with feline mystery, drawing a direct lineage from Hishida Shunshō’s iconic 1910 Nihonga masterpiece Black Cat (Kuroki Neko) and the whimsical cats of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Enoki, trained in traditional Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) techniques, silk painting, and lacquer restoration, employs a distinctive technique involving natural mineral pigments (iwanogu), gold leaf, and layered glazes on textured canvas or hemp paper. His unique monozukuri (artisanal mastery) fuses traditional Japanese material culture with surreal, otherworldly sensibilities, transforming a domestic subject into a timeless, talismanic icon that feels both ancient and modern.

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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 27/09/2026

Animal Destinies (The Trees show their Rings, the Animals their Veins) #franzmarc #cubism

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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Man, that David painting of Napoleon just keeps giving back, don't it?

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Lina W @linawiren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That autumn light.

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DER MOND UNTER WASSER (Mr.M) @wassermond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Eine Wunderbar😃

Eine üppig ausgestattete Hotelbar. Viele Kugellampen an der Decke.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📅 #OnThisDay 1758: Horatio Nelson is born ⚓️🔥 A national hero—but the legend isn’t the full story. @zwhitehistory.bsky.social of the @napwarspod.bsky.social explores the propaganda, and complex legacy behind Britain’s most famous admiral 😮‍💨 🎧 pod.fo/e/3c9366 #History #Podcast #OTD #Nelson

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Sarah Murden @sarahmurden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'The Long-Eared Aesculapius: Asses' Milk and Georgian Medicine' - wp.me/p3JTNy-39b #mondayblogs #c18 #18c

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Back in the 14th century you were made when you featured as marginalia in an official document. 🙃 (Chevalier Louis de Plancy on horseback in full heraldic array as marginalia in a register of feudal declarations and land inventories of his feudal territory at Bar-sur-Seine (1381 – 1404)).

view of the whole page with a sketch of Chevalier Louis de Plancy on horseback in full heraldic array and sword in one hand on the left side of the document; currently on display at the exhibition “Passavant le Meilleur! La Champagne au temps des comtes” in Troyes / France

detail: a sketch of Chevalier Louis de Plancy on horseback in full heraldic array and sword in one hand on the left side of the document; currently on display at the exhibition “Passavant le Meilleur! La Champagne au temps des comtes” in Troyes / France. The horse looks happy.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tulip Mania: Semper Augustus, watercolour drawing of rare flamed carmine & white tulip; most expensive tulip sold during tulip mania 1634-37. Six Collection, Tulip Book, p. 59. With note recording sale price of ƒ3000 (~€38.000 in 2024). Rijksmuseum

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Marlieke @monoito.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Een Cosmea ‘Cosmos’ in de warme avondzon #photography #nature #garden #flowers

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Rüm Hart @luvundlee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hummelliebe und Lieblingsblumen. 🌱🌸🐝 Bumblebee love and favorite flowers. #eastcoastkin #flowersonsunday #eck #bloomscrolling #stunday #macromonday #pinkmon

Im Vordergrund sitzt eine Ackerhummel auf einer Lavendelblüte. Die Hummel hat einen gelblich behaarten Thorax und einen dunklen Hinterleib. Die Lavendelblüten sind violett und stehen auf schlanken Stängeln. Im Hintergrund sind große, rosafarbene Blüten einer Hortensie zu sehen, die einen weichen, farbigen Kontrast zum Lavendel bilden. Das Bild zeigt eine natürliche Gartenszene mit klaren Details der Pflanzen und der Hummel.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now published in #OpenAccess - The Female Hand A special issue of Artmatters: International Journal for Technical Art History www.amjournal.org/special-issu... Across metalwork, manuscript illumination, the paint trade, & easel painting, the 4 studies recover early modern women as makers.

An oil painting: A garland of flowers, suspended between two animal skulls, a dragonfly above, 1652, by Michaelina Wautier

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enjoy reading in September! Here is a list of new #non_fiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ - updated - #Regency #Napoleon #history #18thc #JaneAusten

A compilation of 27 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a gown I revisit every so often for its outrageously rich colour & extravagant silhouette. The early 1830s ballooning sleeve is a divisive detail, some people love it, others not so much. I am firmly in the love it camp precisely because they are so enormous #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Partial view of a deep green satin gown from the early 1830s which shows the long sleeves fullest at the upper arm and horizontal gathering across the bodice

Full length view of the green satin 1830s dress with long skirt gathered into the waistband, a ruched, gathered bodice and long sleeves ballooning at the upper arm

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"This autumn evening I feel even more lonely than last year" Buson Yosa (image: Shunso Hishida)

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A majestic female Monarch this morning for #SaturdayOrange 🧡 Seeing more and more each day as they migrate southward with some cooler weather. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Monarch