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Now we are into November you might be looking to update your winter wardrobe. If you're in need of some inspiration, you might want to consider ‘The Newest Fashions for November’, from The Ladies’ Gazette of Fashion’ magazine, 1849 or ‘Fashions for November 1847’
This week we will be sharing some of the Costume and Textiles Department’s mourning clothing and accessories.
This fashion plate from 1861 is from our resource library.
"The most wonderful sight of all was Somerleyton on a summer's night, when the incomparable glasshouses...seemingly weightless in their filigree grace shed their gleaming radiance on the dark."
#LinesofSight is open now.
#SebaldSeason
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It’s @kidsinmuseums Digital #TeenTakeoverDay today! So today our twitter feed will feature tweets from our work experience students, who have explored the Castle and found some interesting objects they have chosen to share 😀
An iconic horse from East Anglia, and closely linked to @GressenhallFW, here is a stunning painting of the Suffolk Punch by Alfred Munnings, from our collections.
#Horse #Horses #SuffolkPunch
Something for the (extremely) trad goths out there - fashionable mourning costumes from 'Illustrated London Weekly', 1861, black crepe mourning bonnet from 1840 and black crepe cap decorated with jet, from the 1890s. #WorldGothDay
Raised in #Norwich, Margaret Fountaine led a life of science & exploration in the late 1800s, working as a lepidopterist, collecting +20,000 butterfly specimens across 60 countries. Her collection is held here & her sketchbooks at @NHM_London #WomeninCulture #MuseumsWeek
To celebrate March, take a look at this wonderful 'March Hare Coat-of-Arms' by Alfred Priest (1810-1850), from the Norfolk Museums collection.
This painting ‘Flowers’ by Emily Stannard is in our Landscape & Nature gallery at Norwich Castle. Did you know that throughout the 19th century women artists were not allowed to paint landscapes? It was deemed inappropriate for women to be outside unaccompanied #BalanceforBetter
Anyone crossing Fye Bridge on their walk into work this morning? This moody pencil and watercolour depiction of the bridge by Charles John Watson dates to 1885 🎨