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For #Halloween, my fav Georgian witches: "The "Three Witches from Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer)" by Daniel Gardner, 1775, @Nationalportraitgallery
ICYMI - Blog post: Abigail Adams disapproves of French fashion, c1800 https://t.co/igbb9HtCmc #fashionhistory #AbigailAdams
Blog post: Abigail Adams disapproves of French fashion, c1800 https://t.co/6NNMaNKYNI #fashionhistory #AbigailAdams
New blog post: The Littlest Camp Followers, c1776: https://t.co/v9Uv897cxP @AmRevMuseum #VastEarlyAmerica #AmericanRevolution
Happy #WorldBookDay! "Girl Reading" by George Cochran Lambdin, 1872, St Johnsbury Atheneum More about this painting: https://t.co/tdAQGEoOj8
"Lille Marie på Nekys arm/Little Marie on Neky's Arm" by N.P. Holbech, 1838, National Museum of Denmark. More info here: https://t.co/eIAW6yWHti
Perfect flower-bedecked place for watching the world pass...."Femme espagnole-au-balcon/Spanish Women on Balcony" by Georges Jules Victor Clairin, c1919, private collection.
"Portrait of Princess Karoline von Liechtenstein, née Countess von Manderscheit (1768-1831), as Iris" by Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun, 1793. Iris was a lesser goddess of rainbows, sea, & sky, & also served as a messenger, floating gracefully through the sky on some official biz.
1/2 Harriet Van Rensselaer Crosby c1860, posing solemnly for her Matthew Brady in an embellished paletot - those sleeves! Harriet is granddaughter of Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer of "#Hamilton" "...and Peggy!" fame. #fashionhistory #SchuylerFamily
A nostalgic 19thc painting, but I bet that sack-back gown/robe à la française dated back to the 18thc, relegated to the artist's costume collection. Ingenious placement of stripes into pleats. "Au Revoir" by Pancraz Körle, c1865 #fashionhistory