Under the Green Umbrella
How do you like this gentleman? He’s from the Met’s online collection of fashion plates, in Men’s Wear 1790-1829, Plate 032. I know a gentlema...
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Frivolous Friday: Silken Cone of Shame
Mr JS and I have amused ourselves of late not just with thimble chatter, but with this satirical print of the English family in Paris. I’m not nearly as funny a...
“The Young Philosopher”
I was looking for images of maids in 1800, and came across this in the British Museum. Having no idea what Maria Temple meant by Vide Young Philosopher, I went ...
Whimsical Whiskered Wednesday
E’en Age itself is cheard with Music. It wakes a glad Remembrance of our Youth, Calls back past Joy’s and warms us into Transport. Vide Rowe read th...
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