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Illustrations of history

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Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Self-portraits of Joseph Ducreux, 18th century French painter (lemmy.world)
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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He is now remembered because he went against the trend of boring stoic expressions in portraits. Be a trend breaker.

[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can tell he knew how to have fun

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This guy fornicates.

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Fornicate with maidens

Acquire currency

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Dudes got some style

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

What a fun dude.