Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Friday, April 15, 2016
Mother and child - Boutet de Monvel's portraits of his wife and daughter
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The Cradle or Sylvie in her Cradle , circa 1922. Sylvie in her Cradle , circa 1922. A watercolor version of the above, presumably a ...
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
The one who gets all the loot - bejeweled portraits of Queen Mary
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Portrait by Arthur Trevethin Nowell, 1927. During her time, Queen Mary - the consort of George V, grandmother of the present queen - o...
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Friday, April 8, 2016
The court hoop (and I'm not talking basketball....)
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From about the middle of the 1790s to the ascension of King George IV in 1820, English ladies found the expectations of court dress at g...
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Sunday, April 3, 2016
Russian families - portraits by Feodor Tulov
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Vladimir Ivanovich Benckendorff, 1845. Elizaveta Alexeievna Benckendorff, née Janova, 1845. Feodor Andreievich Tulov (1792 - 1855)...
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