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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough–born 1660–was a woman in a man's world of national & international politics. Her knowledge of government, & intimacy with Queen Anne (who she frequently overpowered & dominated) made her a powerful friend & a dangerous enemy.

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2020-06-05

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was born in 1660. The hugely influential duchess was one of the most powerful women of her age and a close friend of Queen Anne.

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2020-06-05

Born in 1650: English soldier and statesman Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

Portrait after (1646-1723), ca 1690

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2020-05-26

Helleu, Consuelo Vanderbilt the Duchess of Marlborough (1903)

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2020-05-03

He moved to the Marlborough Gallery in 1958. Pope with Owls (1958), Two Figures in a Room (1959), Head of a Man (1960) & Head of a Woman (1960). He continued his pope series with their discourse on religion as well as powerful portraits.

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2020-04-28

➡️Duchesse de Marlborough et son fils Ivor, par G.Boldini, 1906.
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964), philanthrope américaine. Scandale lors de son divorce avec le duc de Marlborough.
➡️La duchesse et son ami Winston Churchill, cousin de son mari.
➡️Consuelo V., 1901, par P-C Helleu.

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2020-03-29

Consuelo Vanderbilt: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough -
Consuelo Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family, a family of Dutch origin who gained prominence ... https://t.co/F5fq9jtSvm

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2020-03-08

➡️Sarah Churchill, duchesse de Marlborough, par Charles Jervas, vers 1714.
➡️La duchesse de Marlborough, par Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1702 (avec la clé d'or, symbole de sa charge).
Femme influente par sa complicité avec la reine Anne de Grande-Bretagne.

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2020-03-08

8 mars 1702 : Anne (1665-1714), reine d'Angleterre, d'Écosse et Irlande (8 mars 1702-1 mai 1707).
Nièce du roi Charles II. Amie avec Sarah Churchill, épouse du duc de Marlborough.
➡️La reine Anne, par M.Dahl, 1705
➡️Anne, princesse de Danemark, par Wissing et van der Vaardt, 1685

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2020-03-08

Consuelo Vanderbilt: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough -
Consuelo Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent American family, a family of Dutch origin who gained prominence during the Gilded Age ... https://t.co/8mJK5oDf4E

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2020-03-05

Consuelo Vanderbilt: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough -
was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family, a family of Dutch origin who gained prominence during the ... https://t.co/RlbSSi26wu

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2020-03-04

Consuelo Vanderbilt: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough -
Consuelo Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent American family, a family of Dutch origin who gained prominence during the ... https://t.co/OsJKxQYpKf

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2020-03-03

By 1760 he moved to a bigger house. There he installed his studio, copious assistants & pupils. He instituted a conveyor belt system. Up to 6 people a day would sit to him for about an hour. Robert Orme (1756), Duke of Marlborough (1757), Lady North (1757) & Mrs Abington (c1757)

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2020-02-23

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, with Her Son Ivor Spencer-Churchill, 1906

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2020-02-17

An opportunity today to sketch the magnificent head on the Iron Age Marlborough bucket in before my talk today. So many wonderful things under one roof. Why I became an archaeologist.

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2020-01-11

Happy Winston Churchill Birthday day! 1st Duke of Marlborough-Graphite and Charcoal-Drawn from my photo of the sculpture in Blenheim Palace of Sir Winston's influential ancestor. https://t.co/4DHPQxnzEf

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2019-11-30

The 'Opening This Week' section features 'A Different Mountain: Selected Works from The Arnett Collection' https://t.co/GloRhp7pLw (image: Ronald Lockett, Traps (1990). Courtesy of the artist and Marlborough, New York and London)

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2019-11-22

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, with Her Son Ivor Spencer-Churchill, 1906

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2019-08-09

2nd August 1704 Battle of Blenheim in the War of the Spanish Succession Marlborough leads the attack https://t.co/4SstnGIXaV

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2019-08-02