Category: Dead Mugs Society
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Samuel Johnson, the Greatest Wit and Moralist of Eighteenth Century England
Samuel Johnson was one of the most famous men of the Eighteenth century and this portrait (which I’ve copied) was made in 1772 when Johnson was 63 years of age, by his friend Joshua Reynolds, perhaps the greatest portraitist of the age. Click to learn more about this image.
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Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole Gave Britain Political Stability
You’ve landed on Genius Fan’s first Dead Mugs Society post. Welcome. What is the Dead Mugs Society about? This series is all about portraits of people from the Eighteenth century. Most history blogs show the same portraits, clipped from elsewhere on the internet. I’m using the same images, just drawing…
