#creeping war of 1812 vibes + eccentric henry le vesconte content

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I posted 1,198 times in 2021

100 posts created (8%)

1098 posts reblogged (92%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 11.0 posts.

I added 1,163 tags in 2021

#art - 275 posts

#the sea - 162 posts

#quotes - 125 posts

#landscapes - 106 posts

#frederick marryat - 91 posts

#royal navy - 91 posts

#flowers - 91 posts

#fashion - 89 posts

#birds - 70 posts

#interiors - 63 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#i also like john wilson's h.t.d. le vesconte but only bc he inadvertently captured part of the real man's personality (shy yet rambling)

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Historical reenactor Steve Diaz, in character as ship's purser Mr. Nicholas Armitage of HMS Acasta replica. (c. 1800-1810 era)

84 notes • Posted 2021-01-03 16:04:07 GMT

#4

GREAT news in the War of 1812 fandom! The American artist Patrick O'Brien—not to be confused with the deceased British novelist Patrick O'Brian, who was also pretty obsessed with the War of 1812—has made a new painting based on a classic watercolour at the NMM, depicting HMS Pylades chasing an American privateer.

CATCH ME WHO CAN

86 notes • Posted 2021-05-10 18:24:42 GMT

#3

Happy birthday HMS Victory! Launched on this day in 1765, the ship cost £63,176 to build (over £50 million today). The oldest commissioned warship in the world, HMS Victory was Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

125 notes • Posted 2021-05-07 16:05:56 GMT

#2

The Napoleonic-era Boomer (Noomer)

- born 1780s-1790s

- might adapt to new fashion trends, but keeps that collar pulled up HIGH

- takes snuff, but complains about cigars

- thinks the Royal Navy is now full of dandies and aristocrats and going to the Devil

- wishes he was there at Trafalgar

- complains about Dickens being vulgar (but because of Bill Sikes and not because of two hundred racist magazine essays)

- excessively relies on Cruikshank's Comic Almanac for news, thinks young people are polka-crazed pick-pockets

- thinks it's a slippery slope to atheism and guillotines if slightly more white men are allowed to vote

- makes fun of your 1840s fashions (tbh you deserve it)

- loses snuff handkerchief, blames pick-pockets

- privately nostalgic for the days when women weren't hidden beneath petticoats and giant sleeves

- absolutely curled his hair and wore stays, denies everything

734 notes • Posted 2021-01-11 20:18:39 GMT

#1

The "War of 1812 Scented Candle", complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot emphasise this enough, AN ACTUAL REAL PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN BUY (even if it's currently sold out).

The candle is funny enough by itself, but the ad copy on the maker's website is gold (and surprisingly astute):

It goes on to add:

We should also note that even though the British Army DID burn Washington, it was only after Americans had burned and looted the capital of Canada, as well as a bunch of other Canadian cities. But no one ever makes a candle about that! (Including us.)

THE BEST PART AND MOST 🔥🔥🔥 TAKE:

7614 notes • Posted 2021-12-02 20:20:45 GMT

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