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Two moon phrase drawings by German astronomer and artist, Maria Clara Eimmart...
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Three Self-Portraits by 18th-Century Women Artists
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'On An Unsociable Family' by Elizabeth Hands
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View ArticleConcerto per il cembalo; composed by Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720-1795)
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Self-portrait by Faronne Marie Madaleine Ollivier (1716-unknown)
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Dorothea Erxleben (1715-1762): The First Woman to Earn a Medical Doctorate
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It's been quiet on this end of Reading Treasure since the end of March, but don't worry: activity (and some big changes!) are coming soon. I'm very excited to share a new direction and a lot of new...
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Reading Treasure is now Inviting History! What's Changing?
As you no doubt noticed when the blogspot URL for Reading Treasure redirected you here, there are some big changes! Namely... Reading Treasure: A Retreat for Everything Marie Antoinette is now...
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The Myth of Mops: Marie Antoinette, Mistranslations and the Pug Who Wasn't There
The Myth of Mops: Marie Antoinette, Mistranslations and the Pug Who Wasn't Thereimage: A photo of a modern pug by Mark Mingle.“You can have as many French dogs as you like.”--Sofia Coppola's 'Marie...
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Book Review: The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre...
"Atrocity images, especially the rare ones that attest to acts of genocide, the crime of all crimes, offend and shame us. When we turn away from them, we promote ignorance. when we display them in...
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And Marie Antoinette Said: "There is nothing new except what has been...
Marie Antoinette did not say "Let them eat cake!" Yet "Let them eat cake!"isn't the only dubious phrase frequently attributed to the last queen of France. A quick cursory search on Google or numerous...
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The prince de Ligne on Marie Antoinette: "She laughed and sang and danced...
image: A portrait of Charles Joseph Lamoral de Ligne by Charles Leclerq, 1780. Original black and white image colorized using DeOldify and Photoshop. Charles-Joseph Lamoral, the prince de Ligne (or...
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Book Review: An Imperial Concubine's Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation...
Cover for'An Imperial Concubine's Tale'by G. G. Rowley[Note: I originally reviewed this book in 2013 on the original 'Inviting History Book Reviews.'This review is rewritten from the original...
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A Czech Movie Herald for Marie Antoinette (1938)
image: the front cover of a Czech movie herald released for Marie Antoinette (1938); image is scanned from my collection. Vintage movie heralds, programs and other advertisements are an interesting...
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Book Review: Review: Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman behind...
The cover for Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman behind Benedict Arnold's Plot to Betray America by Stephen H. Case and Mark Jacob [Note:I originally reviewed this book in 2012 on the...
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Book Review: At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944...
The cover for At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944 by David Koker[Note:I originally reviewed this book in 2012 on the original 'Inviting History Book Reviews.' This review...
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The Mistaken Portraits of Sophie Hélène Béatrix de France
A pastel portrait of the child of Louise Hyacinthe de Montesquiou and Anne-François V de Lastic by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, circa 1780-1783. In the collection of the Chateau de Parentignat.This...
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Review: A Reunion Reading of Soho Rep Production of 'Marie Antoinette' by...
When David Adjmi's Marie Antoinetteopened at Soho Rep in 2013, it was a minimized departure from the initial productions at the American Repertory Theater and Yale Repertory Theatre. Whereas the...
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Chevalier (2022) Review
Note: This review contains significant spoilers for Chevalier. One of the early pivotal scenes in Chevalierdepicts Joseph Bologne expertly dueling a man in front of the French court as the man's...
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