With costume reuse comes another kind of reuse – fabric. The distinctively colored striped silk fabric has also been used for a costume seen in Return to Cranford and Belgravia.
This waistcoat has been used in several productions depicting the late 18th century through the 19th century. It first turned up in the 1999 TV series The Scarlet Pimpernel, in both the second and third episode of the first season, where it was worn by Anthony Green as Andrew Ffoulkes.
From there, it was briefly used in the 2008 sixth episode of the miniseries John Adams, where Zak Orth wore it as James McHenry.
It appeared next in the 2009 miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, where Robert Bathurst wore the waistcoat as the character Mr.Weston.
Most recently, the piece showed up in the first episode of the 2024 show The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, where Noel Fielding wore it in the title role.
the craziest part of some of the shit Adams wrote about Hamilton is that it was written years after his death. like get a grip, we know you hated Hamilton, but the man was semi-recently killed. 1805 and 1806 are two of the most damning letters where he's shit-talking and calling Hamilton a bastard brat, a Scottish creole, insolent coxcomb, a creature in delirium of ambition, etc etc.
This costume was probably created for the 2008 television miniseries John Adams, where it was worn by Sarah Polley as Abigail Adams Smith. It was reused in 2016’s Love & Friendship on Morfydd Clark as Frederica Vernon.
john adams (born in 1735) beefing viscerally with hamilton (born in 1755/1757, technically young enough to be his son) is so funny to me.
this also somewhat applies to jefferson (12/14 yrs older) and clinton (18/16 yrs older) but moreso adams. also because it continued for so long after ham died. bitchhhh the dude is dead, literally 6 feet under wtf are you beefing with. at least hamburr were about the same age.
Some 1776 fanart i made last year but never posted. I think there should be more fan content of john adams and ben franklin being weird besties because that dynamic is top tier