Weird Physicians Series 25:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧ç𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐞 𝐖𝐮𝐥𝐟 - 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
Oil painting (102.5cm H x 80cm W) by Anonymous, Inventory number: 0000.GRO0516.I, Saint John's Hospital, Bruges.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Ophthalmology #Eighteenthcentury

5th Duchess of Devonshire seated in black dress and holding her baby daughter ‘Little G’.

Does anyone have experience of using the Devonshire Collections Archive at Chatsworth House? All advice / recommendations welcome.

Excited to be there next week generously funded by #womensstudiesgroup

#eighteenthcentury
#dresshistory
#HistoryofPregnancy
#historyofWomen
#duchessofdevonshire

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳… | Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD stude...

📣 New internship 📣
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD student or Early Career Researcher to work as a research intern for the Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO).

Applications close 1 April 2026. For more details, please see: shorturl.at/pdO1r

#18thcentury #eighteenthcentury

Drawing of brown owl wearing black hat and holding wine glass from yellow clawed leg

Cheers to wit to woo🦉🍷
jaunty party derpy owl adapted from the satirical Megillah scroll, Alsace. Braginsky Collection S7. Eighteenth century (which is also indicated by the design of the glass).

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#owl #eighteenthcentury #owlart #owllover #history #archives

#Newblog: We spoke with Kathleen Tamayo Alves to learn more about female embodiment, agency, and sexuality, exploring how the book’s themes are in conversation with today’s discourse on women’s bodily rights.

To read: tinyurl.com/mr9krzba

#womenshistorymonth
#eighteenthcentury

Thank you to @museumoflondon.bsky.social Docklands for this creative approach to the (re)interpretation of colonial history within your collection. It was really eye-catching and symbolically powerful. #eighteenthcentury #docklandsmuseum

A Rococo Polychrome And Giltwood Traîneau In The Form Of A Dragon, Retaining Its Original Decoration

Carlton Hobbs LLC, Inv. No. 9947

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#dragon #rococo #sleigh #traineau #sled #18thcentury #eighteenthcentury #continental #decorativearts #objetdart #royal #snowsports

An Extraordinary Pair Of Giltwood Side Tables Carved With Pheasants And Eagles

Carlton Hobbs LLC, Inc. No. 11618

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#Italian #sidetable #italianfurniture #eighteenthcentury #nineteenthcentury #antiques #antiquefurniture #interiordesign #interiordecoration

Associate Professorship in Eighteenth Century History - Worcester College

Perm Job: AP18thC British History @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social pref for social & cultural / Scotland post 1707, deadline 15/02, £56-76k www.worc.ox.ac.uk/about/vacanc... #18thC #EighteenthCentury @cultsochistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Also quite pleased with how we've got #MedievalSky, #EarlyModern #EighteenthCentury, #NineteenthCentury, AND present-day museums in there.

That a lot to pack into a tiny plot of land reclaimed from the sea (for now...)

#queeringfinearts #QueerHistory #GayHistory #HomoeroticArt #MasculineIntimacy #HiddenHistories #ImaginaryMuseum #QueeringArtHistory #BritishArmy #EighteenthCentury #QueerVisibility #GayLove #MenLovingMen #QueerArchives #LostHistories #QueerArt #ArtHistoryReimagined #MilitaryHistory #QueerMilitary

#queeringfinearts #QueerHistory #GayHistory #HomoeroticArt #MasculineIntimacy #HiddenHistories #ImaginaryMuseum #QueeringArtHistory #BritishArmy #EighteenthCentury #QueerVisibility #GayLove #MenLovingMen #QueerArchives #LostHistories #QueerArt #ArtHistoryReimagined #MilitaryHistory #QueerMilitary

#queeringfinearts #QueerHistory #GayHistory #HomoeroticArt #MasculineIntimacy #HiddenHistories #ImaginaryMuseum #QueeringArtHistory #BritishArmy #EighteenthCentury #QueerVisibility #GayLove #MenLovingMen #QueerArchives #LostHistories #QueerArt #ArtHistoryReimagined #MilitaryHistory #QueerMilitary

#queeringfinearts #QueerHistory #GayHistory #HomoeroticArt #MasculineIntimacy #HiddenHistories #ImaginaryMuseum #QueeringArtHistory #BritishArmy #EighteenthCentury #QueerVisibility #GayLove #MenLovingMen #QueerArchives #LostHistories #QueerArt #ArtHistoryReimagined #MilitaryHistory #QueerMilitary

#queeringfinearts #QueerHistory #GayHistory #HomoeroticArt #ArtHistory #MasculineIntimacy #ForbiddenHistories #ImaginaryMuseum #QueeringArtHistory #MilitaryHistory #EighteenthCentury

Asking again because no-one noticed yesterday: did Rousseau actually say ‘eat the rich’? If so where? #eighteenthcentury #politicalthought #historyofphilosophy

A promotional graphic for the book “Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762–1772)” by John Renwick. On the left, there are two reproduced eighteenth-century French documents in grayscale. A blue transparent banner across the center contains white italic text reading, “A novel contribution to a more realistic assessment of Voltaire’s involvement with Sirven (1762–1772).” On the right is the book cover, showing the same documents and the title on a blue background. Along the bottom are logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation.

New to the series | 'Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762-1772)' by John Renwick. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Renwick-OSE #EighteenthCentury 📖
@voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Just putting it back out there…..
Masonic Symbolism in the Blue Velvet Room at Chiswick House’.
First published in ‘The Square’, 2018 #Freemasonry #Masonic #MasonicSymbolism #EighteenthCentury

What do we think is the gayest 18THC opera?

#eighteenthcentury
#opera

THIS COMING MONDAY! The fab @araujohistorian.bsky.social presents on "Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the #EighteenthCentury" with comment by Toby Green.

All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

It feels like this river should be frozen solid, but no. The Chess Valley as landscaped by Capability Brown; an estate somewhat beyond the reach of the characters in A Cruel Corpse, but whose landscapes have inspired its author
#EighteenthCentury
#HistoricalFiction
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If you're interested in Scottish national identity, eighteenth-century fashion, and/or women in politics, you may be interested in the paper I'm presenting at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar next Tuesday. Best of all, it's online!

#eighteenthcentury #womenshistory #Scottishhistory

Promotional image for Diderot’s Humanoid Objects: The 'Paradoxe sur le comédien' and the Human Body in Material Culture by Marie-Irène Igelmann. The book cover features an eighteenth-century illustration of three figures in period dress. The background includes a larger sketch of a similar figure and promotional text reading: "'Diderot's humanoid objects' contextualises the philosopher's acting theory in 18th-century material culture". Logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation appear along the bottom.

New to the series | 'Diderot's humanoid objects: The "Paradoxe sur le comédien" and the human body in material culture' by Marie-Irène Igelmann. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Diderot-OSE #EighteenthCentury 📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Very pleased to be part of this great collection, edited by @katieebarclay.bsky.social and @dianagbarnes.bsky.social for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, and to have worked with a wonderful young colleague in @ellasbaraini.bsky.social on our chapter. #historyofemotions #suicide #eighteenthcentury

Folks in #bookhistory and #seventeenthcentury #eighteenthcentury #Ecs Will appreciate this

In a moany-groany sort of voice, #becauseHalloween:

My specialty is nearly dead in Spanish academe, according to anecdotal if reliable data. In the annual #AEDEAN conference, the number of panel talks on the #eighteenthcentury has, apparently (I could squint a bit longer), dropped to zero.

Architecture and Artifice - Yale University Press London Revealing the materials and craftsmanship that shaped the look of eighteenth-century architecture in Britain and Ireland   This book uncovers the overlo...

Published by the Paul Mellon Centre and distributed by Yale University Press. Learn more here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781913....
#architecturehistory #eighteenthcentury #britishart #irishart #architecturalheritage #materialculture #craftsmanship #buildinghistory #paulmelloncentre #yaleuniversitypress

Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury

Promotional graphic for the book Mexican Jesuits Write the History of the Americas: Reason, Rights and Revolution (1767–1824) by Luis Ramos. The book cover is shown on the right with a blue background and an illustration of a domed building and a large public gathering. On the left, a blue text box reads: ‘An examination of how three exiled Jesuits shaped the discourse of continental emancipation from Spain.’ Logos of Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, and the Voltaire Foundation appear at the bottom.

New to the series | Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas by Luis Ramos. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/MexicanJesuits #EighteenthCentury 📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

More colorful characters!

Finally colored the 18th Century France Baker Girl.

The door translates to Good French Bread 🍞

#french #history #historicalcostume #eighteenthcentury #baker #girl