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early 18th century Waistcoat (Hungary)
metal yarn, silk fabric
(Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest)
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ca. 1830, “Death of Munrow”
This delightfully naïve ceramic sculpture shows the death of Lieutenant Hugh Monro, a young British army officer serving in India, who was mauled by a tiger while picnicking on a hunting trip in 1792.
via the Victoria & Albert Collection
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Thomas King as Touchstone in ‘As You Like It’ (1780) by Johan Zoffany
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The future King George III, age 9, reading in a blanket fort in 1747
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Bodice, 18th century Culture: European Medium: silk, metal thread. | ↳ THE MET
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This ensemble represents a popular style of informal dress for women in the 1760s. Known by the French name ‘pet-en-l’air’, it comprises a short sack worn over a petticoat. The silk is very unusual, bearing three different methods of decoration: weaving, embroidery and paint.
When Beatrix Potter was writing one of her books for children, The Tailor of Gloucester, in 1903, she visited the Museum for inspiration on 18th-century dress. This is one of the garments she was shown. In The Tailor of Gloucester there appears a little mouse wearing this splendid ensemble with a mob cap.
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(…) I Hope you know that our former friendship Has Been in My Heart Unaltered, and that from the Early times Which Have Linked our Brotherly Union to the last Moment of my Life I shall Ever be
Your affectionate friend
Lafayette
The Marquis de La Fayette to Alexander Hamilton, August 12, 1798
“To Alexander Hamilton from Marquis de Lafayette, 12 August 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0046. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 22, July 1798 – March 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, pp. 71–77.] (01/13/2024)
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Detailed 17th Century Engraved Head-Piece with a central bat design
Printed London 1637
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Joshua Reynolds, Selina, Lady Skipwith, 1787, oil on canvas, 128.3 x 102.2 cm, The Frick Collection.
Thomas Lawrence, Selina, Lady Skipwith, 1828, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 71.1 cm, Major John Shirley Collection.
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Beige Floral Cotton Dress, 1780-1785, English.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Portrait of Mrs. Williams
John Hoppner, 1790
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Milton Dictating to His Daughter, Henry Fuseli, 1794
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Looks of 1812 from the Bibliothèque des Arts (Flickr album).
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Design for a man’s waistcoat, 1780, France.
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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 3 juin 1799, An 7 (110): Capote Rose en organdis. Tablier- fichu. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
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Angel on Ram (1700–1799)
Nevers, France
Glass; lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature
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“Portrait of a Lady”, early 1790s, Sir Thomas Lawrence.
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