18th Gallery

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A vintage miniature of the princesse de Lamballe, after an 18th century portrait. [source: belmontt_
Calligraphy from England’s Pen-Man or Cocker’s New Copy BookFinely executed 17th century
beggars-opera:18th century April Fool’s joke for everyone!
“The young Elvire playing with her cat. She is Dressed in a galant pierrot and coiffed with a
A Bavarian flintlock pistol crafted by J. Kuchenreiter, late 18th century.
Ornate Sardinian miquelet musket signed “Barbuti”, 18th century.
Gold earrings with ship pendants from the Greek island of Sifnos, 17th-18th century
La familia de Felipe V by Louis-Michel Van Loo, 1743
history-of-fashion:1739 Thomas Frye - Portrait of Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte, Baronet(National Gallery
a manuscript prayer written on the paste down* of a religious book printed in 1702 - a fascinating p
thefabulousweirdtrotters: 18th Century Ivory Carving from Southern FranceThe legend of the toothworm
sadnessdollart:Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina, Detail. by Vladimir Borovikovsky (1799)
Some photos I took this weekend.
spiritsdancinginthenight:EneheyNew Kingdom, Late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 B.
Portrait of Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna by an unknown Russian artist, c. 1740
A gold inlaid miquelet fowling piece originating from Turin, Italy, 18th century.
I made a gif of me blowing out a candle.
art-of-swords:Dagger with SheathDated: 18th centuryCulture: TurkishMedium: jade, steel, gold, copper
Silver brocade, silk, gold lace; embroidery, weaving, gown worn by Empress Elizabeth of Russia, 1742
history-of-fashion:1767 Pompeo Batoni - Portrait of Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince o
St John the Baptist -  Francesco Solimena (1657–1747), Prado, Madrid. 
fuckyeahneedlework:goadthings:17th and 18th century bargello pocketbooks.These are really neat!
jaded-mandarin:Portrait of Barbara Campanini, known as La Barbarina, dancing in a garden, probably i
starcatcinema:A “game of flats” is 18th century slang for lesbian sex.
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