The dining room table setting is gorgeous! Let’s face it, Jefferson should’ve been an interior designer. XD
AND I LOL’D.
An axe head found in a garden in Gloucestershire, which was claimed to be of Viking origin, is an 18th Century woodworking tool, experts have said.
Top 2012 18th Century History Books
A brief guide to some eclectic 18th century history books due for release in 2012, covering everything from sport and exercise in 18th century England to the Haitian Revolution!
Image: Toussaint Louverture. Via Wikimedia Commons
Article by the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones on 18th century portrait painter Joshua Reynolds and his ”Grand Manner” style.
Louis XVI wrote his last will and testament on Christmas Day, 1792, nearly a month before his execution. I will be posting a few excerpts from the will, which may be read in full here.
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In the name of the Very holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
To-day, the 25th day of December, 1792, I, Louis XVI King of France, being for more than four months imprisoned with my family in the tower of the Temple at Paris, by those who were my subjects, and deprived of all communication whatsoever, even with my family, since the eleventh instant; moreover, involved in a trial the end of which it is impossible to foresee, on account of the passions of men, and for which one can find neither pretext nor means in any existing law, and having no other witnesses, for my thoughts than God to whom I can address myself, I hereby declare, in His presence, my last wishes and feelings.
