Mini-Posts
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Mini-Post | Davenport House Museum
The Davenport House was completed in 1820, and (as the name suggests!) built by Isaiah Davenport. In it lived Davenport, his wife Sarah Clarke, their children (they eventually had ten, seven of which survived past infancy) and enslaved labourers. Bella and her four children Jack, Jacob, Isaac and Polly lived here, alongside Ned and Davy, read more
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Mini-Post | April in Paris
I took some time away from social media over the weekend (we all need a break once in a while I think!) and watched my favourite actress Doris Day in April in Paris, which was a joy. Doris plays a chorus girl, Ethel Jackson, who is accidentally sent a letter meant for Ethel Barrymore (a read more
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Mini-Post | Elvis Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi
Happy birthday to Elvis Presley, born on this day in 1935, to Vernon and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis was born in this two-room house, which was built by his father, grandfather and uncle. As a child, he lived at various addresses around Tupelo, his parents working several jobs and struggling financially at times. read more
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Mini-Post | The Getty Villa
“One could say, ‘Go to Pompeii and Herculaneum and see Roman villas the way they are now – then go to Malibu and see the way they were in ancient times.’” J. Paul Getty, Los Angeles Times, 1974 The Getty Villa was the brainchild of J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), who made his fortune in oil read more
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Mini-Post | Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933)
The Blue Kimono, 1915, oil on canvas. Is Female Artist Friday a thing? If it is, I’m joining in! This painting by Lilla Cabot Perry caught my attention a long while ago at the San Diego Museum of Art – I love the flowers and the beautiful blue kimono so much! Perry was born in Boston read more
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Mini-Post | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
It’s Renoir’s 180th birthday tomorrow (but I have another on this day post to share too!) so here is an early post on him and my favourite of his paintings, The Umbrellas… (all those shades of blue are so wonderful!) read more
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Mini-Post | John Keats & Fanny Brawne
Two hundred years ago today, the poet John Keats passed away in Rome. read more
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Mini-Post | Mary W. Jackson (1921-2005)
Sixteen years ago today, Mary W. Jackson passed away. She was the first Black female engineer at NASA, and was an important advocate for women engineers, scientists and mathematicians. read more
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Mini-Post | “Dear Jane: A Comedy of Manners”
On 14th November 1932, a play entitled “Dear Jane: A Comedy of Manners” opened at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York. Staged by British-born Eva Le Gallienne and written by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley, it was the first dramatization of the life of Jane Austen. read more
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Mini-Post | William John Bankes (1786-1855)
William John Bankes, by Henry Bone, after George Sanders (Saunders). Pen and Ink, 1821 (1812). Creative Commons licence, image courtesy NPG London (NPG D17608). William John Bankes was once described as “the father of all mischief” by his friend Lord Byron: the traveller, collector and draughtsman was an MP before he inherited his family estate read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 