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Raphael and La Fornarina
Rome, from the Vatican. Raffaelle, Accompanied by La Fornarina, Preparing his Pictures for the Decoration of the Loggia by J. M. W. Turner, exhibited 1820, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, N00503) For the three hundredth anniversary of Raphael’s death, which occurred on Good Friday in 1520 (supposedly the artist’s thirty-seventh birthday), J. M. W. Turner read more
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Dynastic Strategist, Architectural Patroness and Businesswoman: Bess of Hardwick
Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury by Unknown Artist, probably 17th century based on a work c.1590, oil on canvas (on display Montacute House, NPG 203) Elizabeth Talbot, or, as she is more commonly known, Bess of Hardwick, was born into a Derbyshire gentry family that became increasingly impoverished and subjected her childhood to hardships, but read more
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A Venetian Palazzo in Boston: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A museum created out of the pursuit of pleasure and left behind for public enjoyment and education. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Museum in Boston is a really unique and wonderful place which arguably, almost a century since she died, Isabella still exerts a certain control over. When she left the museum behind, along with an endowment read more
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“C’est mon plaisir” – Isabella Stewart Gardner and her collection
Isabella Stewart Gardner by John Singer Sargent, 1888, oil on canvas (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum P30WI) Above the central portal to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum is her motto: “C’est mon plaisir” (“it is my pleasure”) This sums up perfectly the collection housed at Fenway Court: a unique and beautiful museum created by a unique read more
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Tudor, Medieval, Art Deco: Old meets New at Eltham Palace
A friend once told me about a country house, just outside London, which was the childhood home of Henry VIII but had also been transformed into an Art Deco masterpiece in the early twentieth century. I found this really hard to visualise – it’s such a clash of different styles! Recently I was fortunate enough read more
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Collector, Traveller and the Life and Soul of the Party: Elizabeth Percy, 1st Duchess of Northumberland
Happy International Women’s Day! Seeing all the amazing articles and tweets flying around today about pioneering women the whole world over has really inspired me to think about the women in history who I really admire. I research women’s history, so today is really important in terms of reflecting on how far we’ve come as read more
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How to spend a weekend in D.C.
I was lucky enough to spend three weekends in D.C. when I was staying in Virginia and each time I visited, I discovered something new I loved about it – mainly it had to do with the museums and the food… so I wanted to share some of the experiences that have made it a read more
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
A whistle-stop tour of a few of my favourite things in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.! read more
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Courbet and his Artist’s Studio
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to escape to Paris for a long weekend (though it’s not so much of an escape at the moment, as life in the UK City of Culture is pretty exciting!) and was lucky enough to spend a few hours at possibly my favourite art gallery, Musée d’Orsay. read more
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A Lovely Surprise: The Leibster Award
Yesterday I saw I had a comment on one of my previous blog posts from the lovely Trix Wilkins (https://marchandlaurencelittlewomen.wordpress.com/) saying that she had nominated my blog for the Liebster Award, so thank you so much Trix – that was definitely a lovely way to end the week! I hadn’t previously heard of the Liebster read more
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