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October 7, 2017
A Room of One’s Own
The history of letter writing is part of women’s history. Writing letters to family and friends was one of the new pastimes enjoyed by 18th century middle class women. Although the Post Office had been open since 1660 it was not until the 18th century that the use of letters for private correspondence took off […]
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October 1, 2017
The Portland Vase – An 18th Century Obesssion
The story of the Portland Vase encapsulates so much about the 18th century. It is a story of fascination with the classical world, the acquisition of antiquities and of technological and artistic excellence of British manufacture. The vase that is known as the Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, dated to between AD […]
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The Portland Vase
The story of the Portland Vase encapsulates so much about the 18th century. It is a story of fascination with the classical world, the acquisition of antiquities and of technological and artistic excellence of British manufacture. The vase that is known as the Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, dated to between AD […]
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The story of the Portland Vase encapsulates so much about...
The story of the Portland Vase encapsulates so much about the 18th century. It is a story of fascination with the classical world, the acquisition of antiquities and of technological and artistic excellence of British manufacture. The vase that is known as the Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, dated to between AD […]
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September 23, 2017
Princess Dorothea von Lieven and Metternich – The Prince and the Swan
Princess Dorothea von Lieven (1785 – 1857) was the lover of Klemens von Metternich. She was the wife of Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven, Russian ambassador to London from 1812 to 1834. Considered cold and snobbish by London Society Dorothea was not an instant success when she arrived fresh from the Russian court. Her destiny was […]
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Princess Dorothea von Lieven and Metternich
Princess Dorothea von Lieven (1785 – 1857) was the lover of Klemens von Metternich and wife of Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven, Russian ambassador to London from 1812 to 1834. Considered cold and snobbish by London Society Dorothea was not an instant success when she arrived fresh from the Russian court she was however to become […]
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The Swan and the Prince
Princess Dorothea von Lieven (1785 – 1857) was the wife of Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven, Russian ambassador to London from 1812 to 1834. Considered cold and snobbish by London Society Dorothea was not an instant success when she arrived fresh from the Russian court. Her long elegant neck earned her the nickname, “the swan” by […]
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September 19, 2017
Against the Grain – 18th Century British Art
British art has always been slightly different from that of mainstream Europe. Perhaps it’s because we’re an island. European painting in the eighteenth century is generally conceived as radiating from Paris. There was a strong move during the course of the 18th century towards the development of a national school – a desire for academies of […]
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18th Century British Art
European painting in the eighteenth century is generally conceived as radiating from Paris. Rococo portraits and decorative mythologies invaded Germany, the Scandinavian countries and Russia; French influence was powerful in Rome and Spain. As the French Revolution approached, France, in the person of Jacques Louis David, took over the leadership of the Neoclassical style (which […]
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September 16, 2017
The Present Past – Writing History
In writing and rhetoric, the historical present or historic present (also called dramatic present or narrative present) is the employment of the present tense when narrating past events. It is widely used in writing about history in Latin (where it is sometimes referred to by its Latin name, praesens historicum). It’s not new Charles Dickens […]
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