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A little chair from the suite of the Duchess of Aumale, or of the French princess Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
A little chair from the suite of the Duchess of Aumale, or of the French princess Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Restoration revealed that beneath the lilac velvet lay the original green upholstery
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A young woman helps an elderly lady to dress, presumably her granddaughter
A young woman helps an elderly lady to dress, presumably her granddaughter. Granny is a hundred times more stylish: lace, pearls, and in the casket patches of every size! Now that is cosmetics, not like Rihanna's
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Child with a Switch in Arthur Devis's Group Portrait of 1740
A girl with the head of a woman of forty holds a switch to urge on an imaginary pony. The child from Arthur Devis's group portrait of 1740 is ready for the off
NB! · London · Monarchies · People
On 5 November 1605 the plotter against James I, Guy Fawkes, was seized; his name became a byword for conspiracy and, in time, a word for young men
On 5 November 1605 the plotter against James I, Guy Fawkes, was seized; his name became a byword for conspiracy and, in time, a word for young men. The word "guy" derives from the name of Guy Fawkes
NB! · Faith · Art
Three angels tell Abraham that Sarah will bear a son, 18th-century drawing
The angels came to Abraham, who had lately been circumcised out of love for God. They informed Abraham that his barren wife Sarah would bear a son within a year. Abraham would be 100, and Sarah 90. Drawing, eighteenth century
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Van Joos, 1540
Van Joos, 1540. Jesus embraces his second cousin, John the Baptist. I do not recall anything of the kind from the Bible. Some sort of magic, it seems, must have transported John to Egypt to make the acquaintance of the Holy Family
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Dubois Grans and His Wife
Dubois Grans and his wife. Note the breeches with the camel toe. No, the eighteenth century does not excuse this hideous spectacle, this positively criminal clinging about the loins! Gentlemen, one simply cannot do this
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"Don't be so vehement, you filthy scoundrel!
"Don't be so vehement, you filthy scoundrel! I am a woman of fashion!" - a pity one hears nothing of the kind from fashionistas in our day
NB! · Art · Museums · Paris
Armchairs of this type were at the height of Parisian fashion in 1675-85
Armchairs of this type were at the height of Parisian fashion in 1675-85. This very one belonged to Ralph Montagu, who had been English ambassador to France since 1666 and assembled a large collection of luxury objects
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Francisco Goya, The Wife's Relations
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Masquerade costumes of spring, the sun and a witch in a fashion plate of 1880
1880. Costumes of spring, the little sun and the witch. The sun has a golden fringe over the groin area, the witch a skirt of snakes and bats. Accordingly, the little girl in flowers is spring.