Neil Jeffares
@neiljeffares
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I am an art historian with a particular interest in eighteenth century portraits. All comments about attribution etc are statements of opinion only
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Joined November 2011
Should all be fixed now. If you do encounter problems still, please let me know - can't fix what we don't know about!
I'm aware of some unanticipated problems with the server change on https://t.co/KoVMF1khpq. Linux is case sensitive, so old urls may fail unless you match the case of the file name. Just try initial cap only if your link has artist in all caps, until we fix it.
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Absolutely. In a world where power was not everything, we would cut diplomatic ties with the U.S… Obviously that’s not going to happen but at the very least our media could cover this story & keep covering it. American abuse of power must be resisted in the interests of us all
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe. Le Monde has a long article ( https://t.co/YMCO5sHYcL) describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants
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I'm aware of some unanticipated problems with the server change on https://t.co/KoVMF1khpq. Linux is case sensitive, so old urls may fail unless you match the case of the file name. Just try initial cap only if your link has artist in all caps, until we fix it.
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Ditto USA itself
Even a country as wealthy as Saudi Arabia can run low on cash when led by an autocrat who can authorize absurd expenditures and investments on a whim and no one dares to tell him that his misconceived ideas are bad ones.
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This weeks post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies https://t.co/7U3RPJ45q0 If a Labour government sounds and acts like a slightly milder version of a Reform government, this is going to put off nearly all Labour voters, including those in Labour marginal seats.
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Has anyone even noticed that, in the current framing of a Peace Plan for Ukraine, Europe has been given the same role as Namibia or New Zealand (i.e. none)? This is the price Europe is paying for being Washington's lackeys for so long: utter irrelevance
theguardian.com
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
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BREAKING: The Washington Post unleashes a scathing takedown of Trump after he smeared their murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a playdate with the brutal Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. This is just a taste of what the history books will have to say about Donald... "The
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Reeves has to take steps that inevitably will frighten some people. By threatening a wider range of measures she's managed to frighten a great many more than she needed to (those she spared this time will expect her to come back next time). 2p on income tax would have been best
The trouble is, Gnasher Ganesh is absolutely right - whether you want him to be or not.
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Has he been talking to Farage again?
🇩🇪 Germany should take over the historically American role of Nato Europe commander, Donald Trump’s envoy to the Western alliance has suggested. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/QcNjUEy2A0
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Always reassured to see my attributions gaining broader acceptance, such as this Liotard J.49.17565 https://t.co/wEioafk0lW
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The trouble is, Gnasher Ganesh is absolutely right - whether you want him to be or not.
Magnificent and right from Janan Ganesh: this is as good as it gets for this government https://t.co/80VW8mbTvt
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Apologies if you notice some outages on https://t.co/KoVMF1jJzS ; we're changing the operating system and it should run more smoothly when finished. Any problems...let me know please
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Baffling that so right-wing a Labour party should succeed in taxing the rich more scarily than the left. A patchwork of red and blue stripes, with white areas of cowardice, she's taking the Union Jack all too literally
Rachel Reeves will increase spending on benefits by £6bn in the Budget, despite calls to control the ballooning bill Read more 👇 https://t.co/MrOBACWdgd
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Prices are still rising nearly twice as fast as target. How is this "welcome news"? If your friend had a leg broken in an accident, would you call it welcome news that his other leg was spared?
Inflation has fallen today. This is welcome news, but I know families across the country are still struggling with the cost of living. There’s more to do. My government is carrying on with the work of tackling the cost of living and making families better off.
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@ChristiesInc Here is the baptismal entry for Catherina De Rijck in Antwerp, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Zuid, 12 Nov 1671. She was buried in St Pancras 26 Dec 1724
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The @ChristiesInc link should be
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Portrait of a lady, bust-length; and Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length
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She was the daughter of the painter Willem De Rijck (Antwerp 1648 - London 1699) by his first wife, so she was born between 1671 and 1677. (Vertue mentions him.) Her husband died of small pox in 1714. She was evidently a close friend of John Loeillet.
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I'm surprised no one bothered to do the five minutes' research required to find Catherine Derryck, from an Antwerp family, married Thomas Humble in London in 1700, buried 26.xii.1724; her will is full of info https://t.co/gxN1SnhmUt...
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Not one, nor two but three copies of the famous Perronneau Mlle Huquier appearing at auction soon https://t.co/703k4vpa2r
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En détail : Lot 320Ecole française du XVIIIème siècle "Jeune fille au chat" pastel dans un cadre doré (accidents) 46 x 38 cm
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I think it more likely that this is the XVIIIe original (albeit badly damaged); Lot 14 the XIXe copy
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