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🐯 The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: . London: Printed for B. White, 1771.
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Two Young Women Kissing (1790s) by Louis-Léopold Boilly.
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Attributed to Michel-Ange Houasse, 1680-1730
Cupid and Psyche, n/d, oil on canvas, 63x65 3/4 in
Private Collection (Christie's)
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Karlova Koruna Château | Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic
(look at all the books! It took a lot of restraint not to leaf through them)
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1750-1760
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Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) "Psyche Abandoned" (1796) Located in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States
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By Maria Sibylla Merian
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Covered jar, by the Worcester Porcelain Factory, 1765.
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🌳 The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: . London: Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul’s, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon’s in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [i.e. 1729-1747].
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An embroidered lawn robe à l'Anglaise, circa 1770-80, 
Delicately embroidered in chain stitch with stripes and sprigs of pinks, convolvulus, dog roses, honeysuckle, tied with pink bows, closed-front bodice panels with drawstring to neck, the sleeves with shaped elbows adorned with ruffles; together with a pink taffeta petticoat, 18th century 
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George Selwyn absolutely roasting Burke during the 1788 Regency Crisis
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Portrait of the artist's daughter with a cat by Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
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The Go-Between by Jean-Frederic Schall, 1780s, France.
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An essay upon literature, 1726
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Joshua Reynolds (British, 1793-1792) • Portrait of Elizabeth Falconer as Contemplation • c. 1780
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