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Posted on Jul 30, 2015

23 Popular Instagram Hashtags The Pre-Raphaelites Did First

Hashtags are your password to the garden of social engagement. That’s where those mythical ‘millennials’ reside, waiting to be enraptured by your heavenly content. These cool young cats think they’re blazing the hashtag trail, but a band of anti-establishment Victorian artists got there first.

by jackshowell

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Founded in 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood set out to challenge the established conventions of the Victorian art world. The original group of 7 ended up engaging dozens more like-minded artists.

How? Hashtags.