Portrait Hall of Shame!!!!!!

Ewwwwwwww, naked girls!!!! 

François Boucher, a pervert Frenchman fond of the Rococo style, has painted, “Diana leaving her Bath” (above).

People seem to really like this painting, but we don’t get it! Why is Diana bathing in the woods like a homeless person??? And why is that other girl watching????

YUCK!!! We just vomited in our mouths!!!

CLICK HERE to check out the uncensored and NSFW portrait!!!!
CLICK HERE to check out the uncensored and NSFW portrait!!!!
CLICK HERE to check out the uncensored and NSFW portrait!!!!
CLICK HERE to check out the uncensored and NSFW portrait!!!!

BJ Franky Franks Heats Up With New Invention

Filed under: 1741 > Benjamin Franklin > 1740s >

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Boyfriend knows how to get shiz done!

Benjamin Franklin’sFranklin Stove” has a hooded front and an airbox in the back, which allows for more efficient fire. It uses a quarter of firewood and produces twice as much heat. We hear he’s been approached to patent the invention, but he turned it down because he wants everyone to benefit from it without making a profit.

WTF??? Who turns down money???

Maybe he just made the stove to burn evidence of more extramarital affairs.

Ha!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, BITCHES!!!!

Filed under: Holidays > Witches >

Yay! We finally get to talk shiz about witches, get fat and wear our sexy Puritan costumes OUTSIDE of the house!!!

Halloween got its start in Europe with the Celtics. They believed that on their New Year’s Eve (October 31st), the world of the dead and living intertwined. In order to scare off the dead from harming their families and crops, the Celtics wore scary costumes to blend in with the ghosts and offered tasty treats for them outside their doors.

Well those days are over, gurl! We are keeping ALL that candy for ourselves!!

What’s UR favorite part of Halloween??????

Music Minute: Handel Composes ‘Messiah’

Filed under: 1741 > Music Minute > Bible > God > Handel > 1740s >

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Hallelujah!!!!!!

One of our FAVE composers (no offense, Bach) has done it again!!!

This time, his amazeballs “Messiah” is rocking churches all over the world. George Frederic Handel composed the masterpiece with the help of his BFF, Charles Jennens, who compiled scriptural text from the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible. The text follows the Messiah from his days as a prophet to his eventual resurrection and glorification in Heaven.

Omg, it’s like a musical version of the Bible. GENIUS!

LISTEN TO OUR FAVORITE PART HERE!!!!!!!
LISTEN TO OUR FAVORITE PART HERE!!!!!!!
LISTEN TO OUR FAVORITE PART HERE!!!!!!!
LISTEN TO OUR FAVORITE PART HERE!!!!!!!

Stono Rebellion: Largest Slave Uprising EVER in America

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It was probs originally the “Stoned Rebellion” because the slaves must have been high as kites to go through with this cray-cray uprising!!!

Led by a slave named Jemmy, nicknamed “Cato,” 20 fellow slaves gathered near the Stono River in South Carolina on a Sunday when white people were at church. They marched towards a slave-free Florida with a sign that said “Liberty!”, recruiting more than 80 slaves and killing anyone who tried to stop them along the way. 

South Carolina Lieutenant Governor William NoBullShit wasn’t pleased with Cato’s uprising, so he sent a militia down to stop them. The slaves fought like hell, but the white people killed or captured most of the rebels.

Who knew Florida was full of freedom-loving hippies?????

HMMMmmmm…. our beach house on the Jersey Shore is SO last decade. Maybe we’ll relocate!!!

What the What?! Wallpaper is the New Tapestry!!!!!

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Oh. Em. Gee.

Bet you didn’t see THIS coming!

We’re not sure if you noticed, but wallpaper seems to be ALL the rage these days. It is now replacing the iconic fashion choice of tapestries.

Ugh, we just finished re-doing Theodore Hamilton’s dog house but I guess now we’ll have to update it with wallpaper. There are just SO many different types to choose from!

Will U be buying wallpaper this season??

How Far Did One Man Go to Steal From the Indians?

Filed under: 1737 > Pennsylvania > William Penn > 1730s > Indians >

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70 miles to be exact!!! 

William Penn’s heirs found an old deed from the Lenape indians that promised land starting from the Delaware River to “as far west as a man could walk in a day and a half.”

The sneaky devils then got the three fastest runners and had them “walk” for a day and a half so the Penn family could get as much land as possible. One guy covered 70 miles, resulting in 1,200,000 acres!!!!

Dayum!!! The Lenape must be soooooooo mad.

The’re probably casting crazy indian spells on that speed walker right now!

Benny Frank Franks Creates Volunteer Fire Department

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Thank GOD he can put out a fire, because this pic of Benjamin Franklin is burning us up!!!

Benny Frank Franks helped form the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia. This came about after he and others pointed out in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, that there should be a better way to handle local fires. Each member of the fire department pays for his own fire fighting equipment, including buckets and bags, that they have to bring to each fire.

Philanthropy is just soooooo in these days. 

Do U think Benny looks good in uniform???

Gov. of Louisiana Arrives Late to War - Allies Get Crushed

Filed under: 1736 > Bienville > Illinois > Indians > Louisiana > War > 1730s >

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Omfg. Seriously?!?

Of all days to sleep in, he picks the day he’s going to attack the Indians?????

Louisiana Governor, Jean-Baptiste Bla Bla Longest Name Ever Le Moyne de Bienville, told the Governor of Illinois and all of his troops to meet up on March 25th to launch a coordinated attack against the forever-annoying Chickasaw IndiansBienville arrived late, so Illinois acted like 5 year olds with no patience and went ahead with the attack. Illinois was totally crushed.

Rooster alarm clock FAIL.

PEREZILICIOUS CONTEST!!!!!

Filed under: Contest > Postcards > Shop >

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We’re about to start selling our Perez Hamilton postcards!!!! As a special treat, we’re giving away FREE postcards to FIVE lucky fans!

To enter, we want to see YOUR best historical graffiti. Take your favorite historical image (photograph, portrait, painting, etc.) from any era and scribble on your best Perez-style caption. Fun, right?!!?

Just email your submission to perez@perezhamilton.com and include your Tumblr user name. Deadline to submit is 12:01am PST/3:01am EST on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10th. 

Join our Facebook page for more chances to win later this week!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS to the only two people who submitted entries — missmosnarylime and my mom! (I’m not kidding.)

1. missmosnarylime entered this fabulous rendition of Caspar David Friedrich’s ”Chalk Cliffs on Rügen” c. 1818, which we lurved SO much:image

2. And to my mom who doesn’t have a Tumblr and doesn’t believe she has MS Paint. 

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Headline: Virginians are catching dance fever.

Slogan: DWTV 

Description: Guys just want to have fun. Philip Vickers Fithina, a New Jersey visitor to Virginia, wrote in his 1773 diary that “Virginians are of genuine blood – they will dance or die!” Becoming an accomplished dancer has become so socially desirable that itinerant dancing masters are traveling from town to town and plantation to plantation to teach children, women and men the latest dance steps. Those wild and crazy Virginians could sure teach the straight-laced Philadelphia Quakers a thing or two about how to have a Virginia Reel good time.

THANKS & congrats again!!!