{"id":7949,"date":"2026-08-06T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:18:48","slug":"art-of-the-americas-1700-1800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/art-of-the-americas-1700-1800\/","title":{"rendered":"Art of the Americas: 1700\u20131800"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rt-carousel-carousel rt-carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\" data-axis=\"x\" data-loop=\"true\" data-wp-interactive=\"rt-carousel\/carousel\" 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(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Singleton Copley, <em>A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)<\/em>, 1765<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rt-carousel-carousel-slide embla__slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-wp-interactive=\"rt-carousel\/carousel\" data-wp-class--is-active=\"callbacks.isSlideActive\" data-wp-bind--aria-current=\"callbacks.isSlideActive\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bafkreidbzyy3ikrbpvjuemyhafcwqfvkpnxskpuptzqqmfmjthqe42zh3i-scaled-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bafkreidbzyy3ikrbpvjuemyhafcwqfvkpnxskpuptzqqmfmjthqe42zh3i-scaled-1024x768.webp 1024w, 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