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Back in 1836, naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) painted this magnificent American Pelican. This striking print is faithfully reproduced from the Devonshire Collection at .Explore the rest of John James Audubon's collection: https://t.co/vzoYDOJon3

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2021-10-05

Our 'What's On in August' blog is now live on our website!

To find out more, https://t.co/E2XCNATKKK

Image: Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (1483 – 1520) Venus seated on clouds pointing downwards, Offset of a red chalk drawing © The Devonshire Collections.

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2021-08-13

Coming this October… returns home to Eastbourne's Devonshire Quarter the venue of the very first annual Wyntercon event in 2014!

Wyntercon VIII will take place in Eastbourne's historic and newly refurbished Winter Garden

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2021-08-13

Spellcrackers, Witches... and the Duchess of Devonshire! - https://t.co/GCIhkrDIjL

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2021-07-19

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - her final days' https://t.co/fG24wVHqJm

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2021-07-02

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEET LONDON-CLASS [London, Shropshire, Essex, Devonshire (do I need to name this one?)] https://t.co/4mX8yAZ0Yw

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2021-05-08

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire–died 1806–whose political activism & fashion sense were widely lampooned, though the circumstances of her life are now seen as an example of female oppression by historical cultural & legal constructs that favoured male interests.

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2021-03-30

"she moved with a simplicity that proved her to be unconscious of the charm which bound the world to her attraction" [Morning Chronicle]: died at 3.30am 1806, Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire

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2021-03-30

TOMORROW in our SERIES of TALKS Doyenne of her theatrical circles, Sculptor Damer was depicted as one of Macbeth's Witches with the Duchess of Devonshire HEAR Alison Yarrington TALK on Anne Seymour Damer 1748-1828, 23 March
https://t.co/3sjIVJJyeT

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2021-03-23

SOON in our SERIES of TALKS Doyenne of her theatrical circles, Sculptor Seymour Damer was depicted as one of Macbeth's Witches with the Duchess of Devonshire HEAR Alison Yarrington TALK on Anne Seymour Damer 1748-1828, 23 March
https://t.co/3sjIVJJyeT

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2021-03-12

Daniel Gardner's 3 Witches 1775. Setting taken from Shakespeare were portraits of the most politically influential & socially notorious women of the time: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire & sculptor Anne Seymour Damer.

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2021-03-11

SOON in our SERIES of TALKS Doyenne of her theatrical circles, Sculptor Seymour Damer was depicted as one of Macbeth's Witches with the Duchess of Devonshire HEAR Alison Yarrington TALK on Anne Seymour Damer 1748-1828, 23 March
https://t.co/3sjIVJJyeT

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2021-03-05

On the anniversary of her death in 1838, here is one my favourite Maria Cosway paintings: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia from Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' (c1782)

... which you can obviously buy in velvet cushion form 💫https://t.co/d7x2mClamx

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2021-01-05

Devonshire loves ACNH 😤 it's better than going to therapy

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2020-11-07

For my fav Georgian witches: "The "Three Witches from Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer)" by Daniel Gardner, 1775, tgallery

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2020-11-01

“For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.” Macbeth, Act 4, Sc 1.

Img: The Three Witches from Macbeth, by Daniel Gardner, 1775.
L to R: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, & Anne Seymour Damer.

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2020-10-11

[ / anthro ] what's up this is Kleo Devonshire she's a sweet hoops dunking jock, a dunkleosteus, AND a milf, all at the age of like 25. she will love on you. i love her. Icon

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2020-10-04