medievalpoc: Stephen Slaughter Portrait of Two Society Women England (c. 1740s) Oil on Canvas, 123 x 100 cm. The Wadsworth Atheneum, Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection. See Also: Ellis K. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in Oils and Crayons (Woodbridge, England, 1981), p. 348. [mod note] twitter came through for me
The Wallace Collection, London, England:
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December 18, 2022Since its construction, in 1775, Benham Park has been through some unusual incarnations. Designed by nobleman William Craven, who enlisted the help of English architect Henry Holland and acclaimed gardener Capability Brown (Holland’s father-in-law) to realize his vision, the landmarked property near Newbury in Berkshire was commandeered during World War II as a […]
Last week we took a look at the duties of a housemaid (click the link to find out more), but if the house was large enough to warrant it, then a laundry maid would also have been employed, if not, …
Beauty was an asset, a weapon, and a curse for the ladies of the Restoration court.
British government grants export licence for work by Jean-Étienne Liotard, bought by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum for £4.4m
Chatsworth House, England 🏴 📸: Lee Edwards
Woman's gown of ivory satin brocaded in coloured silks, 1745-50 and altered 1780s, British, silk designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite, woven in Spitalfields, 1744
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Beauty was an asset, a weapon, and a curse for the ladies of the Restoration court.
Oil painting, 'A Masquerade at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket', ascribed to Giuseppi Grisoni, ca. 1724
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We thought today we would take a look at newspaper reports about these furry felines and were quite surprised by the articles we found, so here we go, were they fact or merely folklore, please don’…
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John Wollaston, 1749–52
What was worn under a chemise a la reine? Stiffer boned stays? Soft stays or jumps? Bust separating stays? Â Or could you go without a support garment?
