200 years in art: 1748

Joseph-Marie Vien

Jean-Marc Nattier

William Hogarth

Joshua Reynolds

Canaletto

From Wikipedia

January–June

• March 28 – A fire in the City of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage.
• April – Maastricht is conquered by Maurice de Saxe.
• April 24 – War of the Austrian Succession: A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) with the intent to conclude the war.

July–December

• August – the Camberwell Beauty butterfly is named after specimens found at Camberwell in London.
• September 24 – Shah Rukh becomes ruler of Greater Khorasan.
• October 18 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war.

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