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Mrs. Trecothick, is #frockingfabulous in 'Turkish' Masquerade Dress, by Reynolds, 1770
Gainsborough's portrait of Lady de Dunstanville offers just a glimpse of #frockingFabulous turquoise!
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, is utterly fabulous in this 1904 portrait by Singer Sargent (of course!). Via Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
This William Rose illustration of 1950 is totally #frockingfabulous... and #moustachefabulous too!
Adieu to Madame du Barry, mistress to Louis XV. She was executed #onthisday in 1793. She was hysterical as she mounted the scaffold and exclaimed, "One more moment, Mr. Executioner, I beg you!” before the blade fell.
When I'm a sorbet, I'll wear this all the time. #Frockingfabulous of 1895, via Christie's, where it smashed its £600 estimate and sold for £1875.
Adiue to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who died #onthisday in 1818. She had been married to George III for a monumental 57 years, through good times and bad, and I'm just putting the finishing touches to her biography for @penswordbooks!
Grace la Rue wears a subtle, barely-there and totally #frockingfabulous hat.
Halloween, Norman Rockwell style, with The Ouija Board. It’s all fun and games at the moment...
Scrolling quickly down my timeline, and for a moment I thought Kandinsky was painting Worth! https://t.co/LniWZl7VjK