It’s actually Kate
@18thcentkitty.bsky.social
Previously known for all things 18th Century, now covering more bases! Expect history, lifestyle and a Bichon Frise ☺️
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This is daunting, after falling out with X and hardly engaging at all this year, how do I restart here? Habits have changed, interests have changed and I’m a very different person to Kitty Pridden who set up a Twitter account 12 years ago. Firstly, my name is actually Kate 😊
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🪡 Russia.
Ball dress, early 1800s.
Cambric with gold metallic thread embroidery.
© collection the State Hermitage.
Ball dress, early 1800s.
Cambric with gold metallic thread embroidery.
© collection the State Hermitage.
December 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM
🪡 Russia.
Ball dress, early 1800s.
Cambric with gold metallic thread embroidery.
© collection the State Hermitage.
Ball dress, early 1800s.
Cambric with gold metallic thread embroidery.
© collection the State Hermitage.
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Some insights into 18th-century festive traditions and innovations from Penny Corfield, among them the very term 'Boxing Day', coined by the Georgians in honour of the 'Christmas boxes' offered up with gifts of money in them.
#skystorians
#skystorians
Penelope Corfield takes us through some of the Georgian origins and innovations in familiar festive traditions in this blogpost.
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#skystorians #18thc #c18th
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#skystorians #18thc #c18th
How the Georgians Celebrated Christmas - by Penelope J. Corfield - Yale University Press London Blog
Penelope J. Corfield takes us through some of the Georgian origins and innovations of some familiar festive traditions.
yalebooksblog.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Some insights into 18th-century festive traditions and innovations from Penny Corfield, among them the very term 'Boxing Day', coined by the Georgians in honour of the 'Christmas boxes' offered up with gifts of money in them.
#skystorians
#skystorians
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For the Seventeenth Day of Advent, we have a Louis XIV ormolu-mounted, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, brass and pewter-inlaid Boulle marquetry casket, ca. 1700.
December 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM
For the Seventeenth Day of Advent, we have a Louis XIV ormolu-mounted, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, brass and pewter-inlaid Boulle marquetry casket, ca. 1700.
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Through the round window: Looking up from inside Sir John Soane’s Tivoli Corner, Bank of England, London EC2.
December 18, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Through the round window: Looking up from inside Sir John Soane’s Tivoli Corner, Bank of England, London EC2.
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Its an election day at Covent Garden #London 1818 with candidates standing on a covered platform built in front of St. Paul's Church, amidst a hive of activity throughout surrounding market area
(Scharf)
(Scharf)
December 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Its an election day at Covent Garden #London 1818 with candidates standing on a covered platform built in front of St. Paul's Church, amidst a hive of activity throughout surrounding market area
(Scharf)
(Scharf)
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The lovely cobbled street and shopfronts of Cheapside as viewed from Foster Street in 1818 by Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie (1781-1847), an English painter with a penchant for the topography of #London
December 11, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The lovely cobbled street and shopfronts of Cheapside as viewed from Foster Street in 1818 by Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie (1781-1847), an English painter with a penchant for the topography of #London
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Born #OnThisDay in 1815 was mathematician Ada Lovelace. She is known for her work on the Analytical Engine with mathematician Charles Babbage, an early proposed mechanical computer for which she wrote one of the first algorithms.
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1815 was mathematician Ada Lovelace. She is known for her work on the Analytical Engine with mathematician Charles Babbage, an early proposed mechanical computer for which she wrote one of the first algorithms.
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British.
Silk cape with the sweetest embroidery, 1795-1800.
Grasshoppers and trees, bees and their hives, even a hammock. Just so pretty.
© & collection The Met Museum
#Embroidery
Silk cape with the sweetest embroidery, 1795-1800.
Grasshoppers and trees, bees and their hives, even a hammock. Just so pretty.
© & collection The Met Museum
#Embroidery
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 AM
British.
Silk cape with the sweetest embroidery, 1795-1800.
Grasshoppers and trees, bees and their hives, even a hammock. Just so pretty.
© & collection The Met Museum
#Embroidery
Silk cape with the sweetest embroidery, 1795-1800.
Grasshoppers and trees, bees and their hives, even a hammock. Just so pretty.
© & collection The Met Museum
#Embroidery
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This satire published May 1818 claims to be the last work of James Gillray. It features the irony of judges and magistrates getting shaved and cleaned before donning godawful old wigs to preside in court
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM
This satire published May 1818 claims to be the last work of James Gillray. It features the irony of judges and magistrates getting shaved and cleaned before donning godawful old wigs to preside in court
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Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, Milan 1698–1767 Milan)
A woman with a dog, 1740s.
© The Met Museum
A woman with a dog, 1740s.
© The Met Museum
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, Milan 1698–1767 Milan)
A woman with a dog, 1740s.
© The Met Museum
A woman with a dog, 1740s.
© The Met Museum
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Henry Fuseli ( Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741-1825)
His Best Known Work, The Nightmare, 1781
Collection Detroit Institute of Arts.
#Romanticism
His Best Known Work, The Nightmare, 1781
Collection Detroit Institute of Arts.
#Romanticism
December 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Henry Fuseli ( Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741-1825)
His Best Known Work, The Nightmare, 1781
Collection Detroit Institute of Arts.
#Romanticism
His Best Known Work, The Nightmare, 1781
Collection Detroit Institute of Arts.
#Romanticism
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The Ladies Waldegrave, Joshua Reynolds, 1780-1781
December 4, 2024 at 12:52 PM
The Ladies Waldegrave, Joshua Reynolds, 1780-1781
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Look out for a new post coming from the Georgian Lords tomorrow, when we will be welcoming @nemgarrett.bsky.social as a guest writer for the series, looking into Queen Charlotte and her reputation at the time of the Regency Crisis.
#skystorians #HistParl
#skystorians #HistParl
December 4, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Look out for a new post coming from the Georgian Lords tomorrow, when we will be welcoming @nemgarrett.bsky.social as a guest writer for the series, looking into Queen Charlotte and her reputation at the time of the Regency Crisis.
#skystorians #HistParl
#skystorians #HistParl
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December 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Suit - coat, waistcoat and breeches
Circa 1750, likely England
Source: V&A, collections.vam.ac.u...
#fashionhistory #18thcentury
Circa 1750, likely England
Source: V&A, collections.vam.ac.u...
#fashionhistory #18thcentury
December 1, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Suit - coat, waistcoat and breeches
Circa 1750, likely England
Source: V&A, collections.vam.ac.u...
#fashionhistory #18thcentury
Circa 1750, likely England
Source: V&A, collections.vam.ac.u...
#fashionhistory #18thcentury
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The Three Dis-Graces
Gillray showing there is nothing like a stiff breeze to ruin the classical Muse, as three somewhat disheveled women discover when posing (a bit too naturally) in Kensington Gardens #London (1810)
Gillray showing there is nothing like a stiff breeze to ruin the classical Muse, as three somewhat disheveled women discover when posing (a bit too naturally) in Kensington Gardens #London (1810)
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The Three Dis-Graces
Gillray showing there is nothing like a stiff breeze to ruin the classical Muse, as three somewhat disheveled women discover when posing (a bit too naturally) in Kensington Gardens #London (1810)
Gillray showing there is nothing like a stiff breeze to ruin the classical Muse, as three somewhat disheveled women discover when posing (a bit too naturally) in Kensington Gardens #London (1810)
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Sweet Caroline
When a sailor faced the lash for peeking up Princess Caroline's dress as she descended a ladder onto a ship in Greenwich c.1800 - she begged for him to be spared since it was 'only natural to wonder if a royal c*nt was different from a common or garden one'
When a sailor faced the lash for peeking up Princess Caroline's dress as she descended a ladder onto a ship in Greenwich c.1800 - she begged for him to be spared since it was 'only natural to wonder if a royal c*nt was different from a common or garden one'
December 1, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Sweet Caroline
When a sailor faced the lash for peeking up Princess Caroline's dress as she descended a ladder onto a ship in Greenwich c.1800 - she begged for him to be spared since it was 'only natural to wonder if a royal c*nt was different from a common or garden one'
When a sailor faced the lash for peeking up Princess Caroline's dress as she descended a ladder onto a ship in Greenwich c.1800 - she begged for him to be spared since it was 'only natural to wonder if a royal c*nt was different from a common or garden one'
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Here’s a map of c.1830 showing both London Bridges coexisting. This is why the church of St Magnus-the-Martyr (which formed the northern gateway to the medieval bridge) is misaligned with the current bridge. See my blog post at:
historylondon.org/magnus-monum...
historylondon.org/magnus-monum...
December 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Here’s a map of c.1830 showing both London Bridges coexisting. This is why the church of St Magnus-the-Martyr (which formed the northern gateway to the medieval bridge) is misaligned with the current bridge. See my blog post at:
historylondon.org/magnus-monum...
historylondon.org/magnus-monum...
Candles are already lit at my home on this gloomy December day. Extra layers, reading and card games by the fire, December 1781. Print from a set of 12 from The British Museum
December 1, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Candles are already lit at my home on this gloomy December day. Extra layers, reading and card games by the fire, December 1781. Print from a set of 12 from The British Museum
Pinch Punch! Wishing all of my followers a happy & healthy December! Print from set of twelve fashion plates, 1749 via The British Museum
December 1, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Pinch Punch! Wishing all of my followers a happy & healthy December! Print from set of twelve fashion plates, 1749 via The British Museum
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The Oyster Woman
A lovely portrait of Miss Morland standing behind a barrel of oysters and opening a shell under the light of a lantern #London (1769)
A lovely portrait of Miss Morland standing behind a barrel of oysters and opening a shell under the light of a lantern #London (1769)
November 28, 2024 at 5:52 PM
The Oyster Woman
A lovely portrait of Miss Morland standing behind a barrel of oysters and opening a shell under the light of a lantern #London (1769)
A lovely portrait of Miss Morland standing behind a barrel of oysters and opening a shell under the light of a lantern #London (1769)