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neil guthrie

@nguthrie.bsky.social

Collector. Antiquary. The Material Culture of the Jacobites (2014). Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing (2017, 2021). Trustee, George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 10h ago

Extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Davies, Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick (1780), Folger Shakespeare Library, shelfmark W.b.473-476 #c18 #c18th #18thc

Book shown half-open to reveal a page of printed text mounted on one page, a coloured illustration of Garrick with an alarmed expression and MS text on the other, all within hand-drawn decorative borders

Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · yesterday

A woodcut from 'War with the Devil' (a sentiment many no doubt sympathise with) printed in 1737

Woodcut showing the devil forcing a man into the mouth of hell

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · yesterday

This is quite cool: Treasury order for the repayment of a £50 loan by George Bubb Dodington to the government for the suppression of the #Jacobite rebellion. At Boone Shares auctions, Antwerp (est. €200-400) #c18 #c18th #18thc

Catalogue:
Treasury Order of £50 loan. Heavily used and cancelled, with a bold diagonal stroke, pronounced folds, numerous edge tears and losses, small holes and losses. Issued to George Dodington (1691-1762), the celebrated Georgian politician, Treasurer of the Navy, diarist and future Baron Melcombe, upon the Twenty-fourth Four-Shillings Aid, the Land Tax raised for the service of 1746. The loan was made without interest. Issued during the Jacobite uprising of 1745-46, only two months before the Battle of Culloden, it belongs to a period of exceptional pressure upon British government finance. The face bears the signatures of Henry Fox, later 1st Baron Holland and father of Charles James Fox (the great parliamentary rival of William Pitt the Younger); George Lyttelton, later 1st Baron Lyttelton; Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and younger brother of Sir Robert Walpole, and Robert Walpole as Lord Orford (Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer), eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole . Fox and Lyttelton additionally signed the reverse. 6 February 1745/6

Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social · 2d ago

All 18 known surviving editions of Harris’s List of #CoventGardenLadies are now available in the #HarrissListDigitalArchive (IIIF and full-text), with over 2,600 entries, an interactive map, network analysis, and visualizations: harrisslist.prisms.digital #c18th #HarrissList #DigitalHumanities

Screenshot of the homepage of https://harrisslist.prisms.digital/

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you’re in Toronto on the 22nd #c18 #c18th #18thc vic.utoronto.ca/about-victor...

Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d ago

”Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after it.” Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell. Trinity College Dublin

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 3d ago

It was only a matter of time before I had to use the (only remaining) blank space offered by the inside of my front door for more #c18 #c18th #18thc engravings (one of them #Jacobite)

Richard White @rhwhite.bsky.social · 4d ago

A fine porcelain covered soup bowl with stand made at Sèvres circa 1781. Decked out in pearls along the rims and around the flower bouquets. In the Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA.

Not the typical bulbous shape you usually see on these tea bowls.

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 4d ago

Very rare covered punchbowl from the Limehouse factory (London, c1746-48), part of the Rosalie Sharp gift to the George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto #c18 #c18th #18thc

White covered punchbowl with two scrollwork handles and lion-mask feet, painted in blue with putti and female figures on dolphins

La Tribune de l’Art @ltdla.bsky.social · 5d ago

Deux nouvelles pièces du service de la laiterie de Rambouillet refont surface www.latribunedelart.com/deux-nouvell...

Deux nouvelles pièces du service de la laiterie de Rambouillet refont surface – La Tribune de l'Art

Les bonnes nouvelles ne venant jamais seules, ce sont deux pièces inédites du mythique service de la laiterie de Rambouillet qui vont refaire surface dans les prochaines semaines, à l'occasion de…

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pair of French royalist candlesticks (late #c18 #c18th #18thc or early 19th) which cast a shadow of Queen Marie-Antoinette (executed 16 October 1793) in profile. With Antiques de Laval, Tréguier (Côtes d'Armor-Bretagne) #OTD

Dealer's description:
Rare paire de bougeoirs dits "séditieux" en bronze argenté, binet ciselé monté sur un fût fuselé et sur un socle rond orné de frises de palmettes et de frises à la grecque, à décor royaliste caché dans le binet présentant en ombre portée le profil de la défunte reine Marie-Antoinette, d'époque post révolutionnaire/ Empire fin XVIIIème-début XIXème siècles.

Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social · 5d ago

On this date 329 years ago, date of birth of Nicholas Amhurst (1697-1742). Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00153.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

Nicholas Amhurst (1697-1742) / © National Portrait Gallery, London

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 5d ago

Rosalie Sharp gallery of English blue & white, George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, mostly 17C and #c18 #c18th #18thc

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 6d ago

Snuffbox made from Japanese lacquer panels, mounted in gold by François-Thomas Germain (Paris, 1755). At Christie's, Geneva (est. CHF 80,000-120,000) #c18 #c18th #18thc

Catalogue: Oval set with panels of [black and gold] Japanese maki-e lacquer figuring Mandarin ducks in a pond on the cover and on the underside chrysanthemums over a pond jetty, within gold cagework chased with geometric motifs, gold lined, marked in cover, base and inner flange: charge, date-letter (O and P) and maker; on flange: décharge

Size/Dimensions: 8,4 cm. (3 ½ in.) long

Gross weight: 150.7 gr. (4 oz. 16 dwt.)

Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · 7d ago

Pair of diamond earrings said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (naturalhistory.si.ed...), once owned by heiress Marjorie Post (she who built Mar-a-Lago), here on display at her home, Hillwood, also in Washington

Hillwood Museum: https://hillwoodmuseum.org/estate

The earrings as described in the exhibit there in 2018:

The large pear-shaped diamonds iearrings are believed to have belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette of France (1755-93). They were supposedly mounted as earrings for her, and according to tradition, were discovered in her pocket as the royal family attempted to flee France in 1791. After the French Revolution, the earrings came into the possession of the Yusupovs, one of Russia's wealthiest and most prominent families. In need of money after the Russian Revolution, Prince Felix Yusupov sold them to Cartier in early 1928. Marjorie Post purchased them from the firm a few months later [discusses modifications] 1964, Post’s daughter, Eleanor Barzin, donated the earrings to the Smithsonian Institution.

As described by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/explore/collections/geogallery/10002695

Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · last wk.

The yellow background could not possibly be brighter it seems, a backdrop to white and gold floral motifs accented with a cloud of white and metallic lace trimmings. Robe à la francaise #1760s #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A side by side image of the back of a yellow and white robe à la francaise. It has the deep Watteau pleat, a long train and lace trimmings at the sleeves and neck

Sleeve detail of the 1760s yellow and white silk brocade gown which shows the pattern as well as parts of the white and metallic lace trim

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · last wk.

Clavicules de Salomon, #c18 #c18th #18thc transcription of a cabalistic MS, collection of @antiquaries.bsky.social

Two circular diagrams with mystical symbols and annotations. The MS is a transcript of a cabalistic work (relating to secret, occult or mystical doctrines) with diagrams (pentacles) and tables. The name ‘David Quelle’ appears written on one of the pages, perhaps an owner of the manuscript at some point. The text is a falsely attributed grimoire (manual of magic, sorcery, and spellcasting) said to originally have been by King Solomon. Many similar grimoires attributed to him were written in the Renaissance. The original type of text and inspiration for later copies was probably a Latin or Italian text dating to the 14th or 15th century.

Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · last wk.

Look at this beauty, for instance.

Printers ornament formed of twinned seraphim holding open a book.

Richard White @rhwhite.bsky.social · last wk.

This Japanese porcelain bowl that I photographed in the Kyushu Ceramic Museum is remarkable. Circa 1690-1710, the colors are amazing. Chrysanthemums!

From the museum website:
Chrysanthemum flower-shaped bowl with chrysanthemum flower, stylized flower, rhombic flower pattern, and cloud design in overglaze polychrome enamels
Mr. & Mrs. Shibata Collection
Production Area: Arita, Hizen
Period of Production: 1690-1710s
Collection No. 03311

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · last wk.

This looks fun! URL in alt text. #c18 #c18th #18thc

Call for papers for Gothic Traditions, Transmissions, Translations 1730-1850 (17-18 June 2027) with a moody view of the exterior of Strawberry Hill in grey against a black backdrop with gothic tracery enclosing a map of the world

https://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/gothic-conference/

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · last wk.

Snuffbox made in China for the European market (c.1750-60), with Earle D Vandekar of Knightsbridge #c18 #c18th #18thc

White enamel box with gilt metal mounts and famille rose figures in landscapes. Monogram in puce surrounded by scrollwork and small flowers on the lid. The box is derived from Meissen originals

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · last wk.

Sugar basket by Hester Bateman (or workshop), 1783. With Nelson & Nelson, NYC #c18 #c18th #18thc

Ovoid bowl with c-scroll swing handle; short support and raised foot. Pierced ornament on bowl and foot. Beading. Detachable cobalt glass liner. Fully marked. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H (with handle) 7 1/4 x D 3 7/8 in. Weight (silver only): 5 troy ounces

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w ago

Were public toilet walls the @Twitter of the 18th century? Maximillian Novak on how a little-known book of “latrinalia” offers a unique and fascinating window into Georgian life: publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/8301060...

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Hans Sloane' botanical plate (Chelsea, c1756), George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto. This would be the perfect serving dish for (Canadian) Thanksgiving dinner this weekend #c18 #c18th #18thc

Off-white oval plate with lightly scalloped edge. Painted in green and brown tones - a flowering branch, a large swalow-tailed butterfly, smaller insects. Design based on drawings made by Georg Dionysius Ehret in the Chelsea Physic Garden and published by Philip Miller between 1755 and 1760. Pieces like this are called 'Hans Sloane' dishes after Sir Hans, founder of the Garden.

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Vase for a garniture (Vauxhall, c1764-68), MFA, Boston #c18 #c18th #18thc

Vase in Sèvres blue and gilt painted foliage with a white reserve painted with a scene of a girl in a woodland setting. Two rather ear-shaped white handles with gilding. On the blue and gilt lid is a finial of pink flowers and green leaves. H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection. Inv. no. 1988.793a-b.

Lewis Walpole Library @lewiswalpolelib.bsky.social · 2w ago

Applications for the 2027-28 #Fellowship year are now being accepted through November 2. Apply today apply.interfolio.com/186941 Questions? Email walpole@yale.edu info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/... #Long18thCentury #BritishStudies #CommunityofScholars #LewisWalpoleLibrary @YaleLibrary

Detail from an 18th-century satirical print with 3 people (Louis 16 on Marie Antoinette's shoulders, and she on Edmund Burke's) and the words The Lewis Walpole Library Fellowships & Travel Grants in Eighteenth-Century Studies.

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hardstone nécessaire with gold mounts (English, c1760), recently sold at Christie’s (not to me!) for €2,048 (incl. premium; est. €2,000-3,000) #c18 #c18th #18thc

Tapering cylindrical formed of grey striated agate, the gold mounts chased with rococo scrolls and flowers, with diamond push-button, the hinged cover revealing a penknife with steel blade, an ear-spoon / toothpick, a pen's mount and a later gilt-metal spoon, apparently unmarked and with later French control mark for 18 K. Height 10.2 cm (4 1/8 in).

Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 2w ago

READER OF THE DAY, 7 OCTOBER 2026 Fragonard, Young Girl Reading, c. 1770

18th-c painting of a young woman (girl?) in a yellow dress reading a 12mo

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Colleagues, for those interested in #Jacobite #Hanoverian and other #18thCentury #History topics, say Bonjour to @camillerocher.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social @hermiston.bsky.social @nguthrie.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social @mcfras15.bsky.social @emmaforsberg.bsky.social #Jacobites #18thC

neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Inkstand with view of Merton College (Chamberlain’s Worcester, c1816), LACMA. (Long) #c18 #c18th #18thc. Could there be one with a view of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social ?!

Pink and white scrolly inkstand with gilding the central panel has a naturalistic view of Merton chapel in brown tones. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Walter T. Wells, photograph © Museum Associates/LACMA (56.30.13a-d)