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Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 15 January 1775) was an Italian composer, oboist, organist, choirmaster and teacher." (Wikipedia)
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"St. Nicholas Church in Lesser Town in Prague was founded in 1703" Wikipedia
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The Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia, is an accurate reconstruction of the Capitol as it was completed in 1705.
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The Battle of Glenshiel 1719 was a battle in Glen Shiel, in the West Highlands of Scotland on 10 June 1719, between British government troops and an alliance of Jacobites and Spanish, resulting in a victory for the government forces. (Wikipedia)
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"Max Emanuel by Giuseppe Volpini (1720), He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg. An able soldier, his ambition led to conflicts that limited his ultimate dynastic achievements".(Wikipedia)
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Engraving of the town of Surat by Pieter Boudewyn van der Aa (fl.1700-50) dated 1720. Situated on a bend in the river Tapti, Surat was an important Mughal trading port from the late 16th to the late 18th centuries" (Bristih Library Online)
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"Acollection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt,[2] in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era." (Wikipedia)
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At its London premiere on 29 January 1728, The Beggar’s Opera triumphed as an immediate success. In his comic operetta, John Gay parodied both government corruption and the vogue for Italian opera" (National Gallery of Art).
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Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in London. It was originally a private Palladian mansion, and was expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government. The main building is at the northern end of the courtyard and houses the Royal Academy, while five learned societies occupy the two wing." (Wikipedia)
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Gribelin published six engravings in the royal collection at Kensington Palace: ‘Hercules between Virtue and Vice,’ after Paolo de Matteis; ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds,’ Palma Vecchio; ‘Esther fainting before Ahasuerus,’ ‘The Nine Muses in Olympus,’ Tintoretto; ‘The Birth of Jupiter, Giulio Romano; ‘The Judgment of Midas,’ after Andrea Schiavone
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Scene in a Tavern from the series
A Rake's Progress' (1733)
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"John Smibert, Smibert also spelled Smybert (born April 2, 1688, Edinburgh, Scotland—died March 2, 1751, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), Scottish-born painter and architect who established an early tradition of colonial portraiture in Boston."
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The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage), begun in 1728, finished 1739. Yale University Art Gallery." Wikipedia It is all owned my Harvard and Yale University.
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"It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music" (Wikipedia)
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In the mid 1700s, Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf of Saxony rejuvenated the Moravian Church and sent out "Sea Congregations" to the West Indies, South America, South Africa, and North America. Moravians were the most active Protestant missionaries of the eighteenth century. In this 1747 painting, Johann Valentine Haidt portrayed Zinzendorf receiving the light of God. (ExplorePAHistory.com)
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He was a Franch painter and very famous for his Rococo style.
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Augusta Stone Church is a Presbyterian place of worship located in Augusta County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA in the unincorporated community of Fort Defiance. Augusta Stone and sister meeting house Tinkling Spring were both served by the Rev. John Craig. The final structure which was completed in 1749 is still in use and holds the distinction of being the old" Wikipedia
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Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery
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Robert Feke (c. 1705 or 1707 – c. 1752) was an American portrait painter born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. According to art historian Richard Saunders, "Feke’s impact on the development of Colonial painting was substantial, and his pictures set a new standard by which the work of the next generation of aspiring Colonial artists was judged." Wikipedia
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"One of the best portrait artists of his day, the Scottish painter Allan Ramsay was active in London where he was considered the outstanding portraitist during the period 1740-1755, being superceded only by the English master Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) "
