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It's been a rather wet and miserable Wednesday, so here's a wee, sleepy duckling with a flower hat to cheer you up 🏵️

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2020-10-01

Choices, choices! In the “bigger must be better” and “down in front” categories we submit “Hat Boxes” by William Heath, July 14, 1829.

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2020-05-03

This cartoon in the collection of is more than a meter long, by the way and was recently cleaned and conserved for an exhibition about Jane Austen at the Royal Pavilion. You can read more about it here: https://t.co/v2GL6lNKmn

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2020-05-01

Throwing my best Regency "hats" in the ring for themed today. Here's some outrageous headgear in the shape of dragons, ships, ostrich feathers and lightning bolts: 'Lumps of Pudding', a cartoon from 1811 by William Heath after HW Bunbury

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2020-05-01

This fancy fellow and lavish lady are illustrations from our Herbert Norris collection. Norris' works eventually became the basis of many costumes used in medieval themed plays.

Search the collection: https://t.co/iuinCeRRKT

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2020-05-01