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Dr Natalee Garrett
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Historian of 18th-c. Europe. Royalty and popular/print culture. Lecturing at Open University. Rep'd by Perez Literary & Entertainment. https://linktr.ee/natalee.garrett
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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · Jan 30
My author copies arrived, so I had to do a photoshoot! 3 years of hard work condensed into 378 pages 📖

'Queen Charlotte: Family, Duty, Scandal' is now available from @routledgehistory and all good booksellers!

#historysky #royalhistory #18thcentury #skystorians #queencharlotte
Photograph of a woman smiling and holding a book. Background is a cream wall with panelling. The woman has brown hair and wears a purple jumper with a black skirt. Photograph of a book, with a stack of six books behind. The book cover is a portrait painting of a woman in a wide gold and white dress, with a red curtain behind her. The book cover has blue detailing around the text: 'Queen Charlotte: Family, Duty, Scandal. Natalee Garrett.' The books rest on blue fabric and behind them is a cushion decorated with an 18th-century painting of a woman in a silver dress, with two children and a dog at her feet.
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Died #OTD 1737, Queen Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II

As Dr Robin Eagles explores, not only were her last few weeks agonizing, but her death reflected her wider importance to the Hanoverian regime:
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Death of a Queen: the tragic end of Caroline of Ansbach - The History of Parliament
In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles, considers the grisly end of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, the botched efforts of her physicians to
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November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
nemgarrett.bsky.social
If you're interested in Scottish national identity, eighteenth-century fashion, and/or women in politics, you may be interested in the paper I'm presenting at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar next Tuesday. Best of all, it's online!

#eighteenthcentury #womenshistory #Scottishhistory
histparl.bsky.social History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 1d
On 25 November, Dr Natalie Garrett will be speaking at the next IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar, where they will be presenting on Jane, duchess of Gordon and the Romanticisation of Scottish Identity in London, c.1780-1812.

Find out more and how to attend below:
‘The Tartan Rage’: Fashion, High Society, and Scottish Identity in Eighteenth-Century London - The History of Parliament
The Tartan rage has at length reached Paris,’ declared the World in June 1787. Demand for tartan fabric and accessories had swept British high society earlier that year, with the Gazetteer and New…
historyofparliament.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#OTD 1712, the infamous, and extremely violent Hamilton-Mohun duel took place between Scottish Tory the Duke of Hamilton and the Cornish Whig Lord Mohun. Check out Dr Robin Eagles' article on the violent history of duels in 18thc England here: historyofparliament.com/2018/06/07/d...
“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England - The History of Parliament
The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston's book - A Very English Scandal - about the trial of the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe for conspiracy and
historyofparliament.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Very much looking forward to Helen Esfandiary's talk next week on medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England. All welcome either in person or online @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social But please register www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England
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November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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This week I submitted my manuscript for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a Cultural History of Female Beauty to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social This book has been a (long) labour of love and I owe so many thank yous to so many people for helping me reach this stage!
A book cover for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a cultural history of female beauty by Katherine Aske published by Bloomsbury. The cover is teal blue and depicts an eighteenth century portrait of a white woman in a large, white silk dress with puff sleeves, brown curled hair with blue ribbons, looking towards the sky. There is a large brown curtain hanging behind the sitting figure. The painting is by Joshua Reynolds of Mrs Stanhope as Contemplation.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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2/2 Dolls' Tea Party, 1730, w/ non-cooperation of pup. Another ridiculously cute scene by normally sharp & satirical William Hogarth, born OTD 1697.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Alexander Roslin, The Lady with the Veil. The Artist's Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust, 1768. Oil on canv

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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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#OnThisDay 1794 the king made the formal announcement of the Prince of Wales's engagement to Princess Caroline of Brunswick...
5 November may have been deemed an auspicious day, but it didn't work out well.
#HistParl
painting of a man in late 18th century clothing. He has curled grey hair and wears a double-breasted dark coat with a white cravat underneath. On his breast is a silver star. painting of a young woman in late 18th-century clothing. She wears a light coloured dress with a dark shawl and a bonnet on top of her curled brown hair.
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Headdress called "La Belle Poule",
replica inspired by the headdress created for Marie-Antoinette to mark a battle fought on 17.6.1778.

The original headdress was created by fashion designer Rose Bertin and Leonard, hairdresser of Marie-Antoinette

(Centre national du costume et de la scène)
Awesome piece featuring a white wig with curls on the sides and on top a ship made of gold fabric and embroidery with three masts under full sail (dark pink fabric). The action of 17 June 1778 (also known as the fight of Belle Poule and Arethusa) was a single-ship action that took place off the coast of France between British and French frigates.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Born #OnThisDay 1777 Princess Sophia, younger daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 17th birthday was celebrated with a special breakfast at Frogmore.
There are contested rumours that the princess later had an illegitimate child either with her brother, Cumberland, or an equerry...
Profile image of a young girl in a cream material on a black background within a dark wooden oval frame painting in half profile of a woman wearing a blue dress with short sleeves and a white headscarf over short dark hair
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Marie Antoinette [who was born #otd, Nov 2] in a Muslin Dress, 1783, by #ElisabethVigeeLeBrun (French, 1755-1842). Held by Schloss Wolfsgarten; image found at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... #womenartists #artherstory
A 3/4 length portrait of a white woman with powdered hair, wearing a white gown with a gauzy ruffle at the neckline and a gauzy gold sash at the waist, tied in the back. On her head is a brimmed straw hat with a pale blue ribbon and a large fluffy blue feather. She stands at a small (barely visible) desk on which sits a bowl of cut flowers. She holds a rose isn her left hand, around the stem of which she wraps a blue ribbon with her right hand.
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Died #OnThisDay 1786 Princess Amelia, the last of the children of George II and Queen Caroline. She had a particularly bad relationship with her brother, Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Super portrait of her by Hudson at the Yale Center for British Art.
#skystorians
painting of a woman in 18th-century costume. She wears a black riding hat over her curled grey hair, and a close fitting blue riding costume with gold frogging and edging.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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French actress/opera singer Louise Jacquet looks up at us engagingly from reading an admiring letter, in this exceptional pastel portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard (c 1750). Such a lively & natural expression! Check out the fine detailing on her clothes, too
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
This is one of my favourite silhouettes, the sharp structure created by a c1790 redingote. It has the trappings of male tailoring whilst retaining the contemporary expectations of femininity. And as for the fabric….. #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of the top half of the of a hand stitched redingote shaped to fit the torso closely. It t resembles a man’s tailored jacket with deep revers and a deep pointed collar at the back Front view of the 1790s redingote that shows the structured open robe gown with a white petticoat beneath and a white fichu tucked around the neck Fabric detail of part of the collar of the 1790s redingote showing the covered decorative buttons and the revers of the collar. The fichu is visible tucked into the neckline
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Breakfast (c1754), Alte Pinakothek #c18th #c18 #18thc
A seated young woman in a green silk bodice over a white dress sits in a chair and receives a breakfast tray from a standing maid whose head and hands only are visible on the left side of the picture
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Died #OTD 1811, Nathaniel Dance-Holland. Before entering Parliament, Dance-Holland was a founding member of the Royal Academy and successful portrait artist. He was commissioned to paint, among others, Lord North, Queen Charlotte and Captain James Cook.
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A half-length painted portrait of Nathaniel Dance. Standing side on looking over his shoulder, he is wearing a velvet-esque red jacket with a furred lapel, a green waistcoat can just be seen, as well as a white tied scarf wide on his neck. He is clean shaven with pushed back thick medium length brown hair. Portrait of Queen Charlotte, stood in front of stone pillars and a red curtain. She has one hand on a red chair. A table is behind her, with a crown on top. She has pale skin, a grey wig and is wearing a white dress with flowers all over it and gold braid detail on the bust, cuffs and hem. portrait of Captain Cook wearing captain's uniform, consisting of a blue jacket, white waistcoat with gold braid and gold buttons and white breeches. He has grey hair. He holds his own chart of the Southern Ocean on the table and his right hand points to the east coast of Australia on it. His left thumb and finger lightly hold the other edge of the chart over his knee. His hat sits on the table behind him. Portrait of Lord North sat in a red chair, with a red curtain backdrop. He wears a grey wig tied with a black ribbon at the nape of his neck. He is wearing a white shirt with lace collar and cuffs, a red jacket and breeches, a blue sash over his chest, and black robes with heavy gold braiding.
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
nemgarrett.bsky.social
Now that it's official, I'm pleased as punch to announce that I'm represented by Perez Literary & Entertainment Agency. Exciting times ahead!

www.perezliterary.com/authors/nata...

#historysky #booksky #18thcentury
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October 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Is it cake? Or is it an actual dress? The mid #1770s bringing confection to fashion with candy pinks, powder blues and minty greens. It even has little net bells tinkling around the hem, LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A view of the stomacher of a pale pastel shaded 18th century gown embellished with silk floss A detail of the hem of the striped pastel 1770s dress that shows net and ribbon trimmed bells applied to the skirt A full length view of the 1770s dress raised à la polonaise in pinks blues and greens
October 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Thomas Patch, The Golden Asses (1761), Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, Conn. #c18th #c18 #18thc
Large conversation piece of grand tourists (the asses of the title) in a ballroom hung with green silk wallpaper and portraits. Chequeboard marble floor in brown, white and black. Patch has depicted himself at the right, brandishing his palette and brush, astride a life-sized sculpture of a golden ass. In the foreground, a dog plays on the edge of collection of silver and silver gilt vessels placed on the marble floor. The picture is in the reading room at the Lewis Walpole.
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Fashion plate from 1786 showing a woman in a pink Peking caraco with white Peking skirt and bodice. The light coloured ensemble is contrasted by a large black hat topped with white ostrich feathers. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum. #FashionPlateFriday #18thc #dresshistory
Close up of the fashion zoomed in on the (amazing!) pink jacket and hat. Can't remember seeing an 18th century jacket like this in a plate before. Seems like reverted v-shape open front? And then that row of bows, seen on gowns, but on jackets??? Full description from the Rijksmuseum website in second picture. Woman facing right, wearing a pink Peking caraco, with a white Peking skirt and bodice. Caraco in a new form: cut out at the bottom and trimmed with white ribbon. Skirt and bodice trimmed with pink ribbon. On her head is a straw hat with a thick black crepe soubise around the crown. Decorated with five white feathers. Fichu and chemise. Accessories: elongated earrings, white gloves, and a walking stick. Print from the fashion magazine "Journal des Luxus und der Moden," published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826. Object number: BI-1967-1159A-29
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
The value of cloth was such, in the past, that recycling was a regular feature of sartorial life. Silk brocade worn in the 18th century has been completely repurposed here to fit the fashionable silhouette of the #1820s, too precious not to reuse #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A front and back view of a pale blue floral silk brocade dress with high waist and long sleeves that have a puff at the shoulder. It is fuller at the back and has a ruffle at the hem
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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A porcelain snuff box with hinged gilt silver mounts manufactured at Mennecy circa 1750. In the shape of a recumbent dog with suckling puppy painted in brown and red and with a spray of flowers on the exterior and interior of the lid. Sweet.
MARKS Several obscured discharge marks on the silver mount. MEASUREMENTS Length: 3” (7.6 cm); height: 1 5/8” (4.1 cm); depth: 1 3/4” (4.5 cm).
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Doll's coat of wool lined with silk, made in #London, 1690-1700. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Royals are notoriously hard to buy for. What do you get people who have everything? When in doubt, do what Admiral Boscawen did in April 1750 for Frederick, Prince of Wales and get the royal in your life a 476lb tortoise. 🐢

#18thCentury #Hanoverians #Georgians
Newspaper clipping from April 1750 reading: Yesterday, a tortoise weighing 476lb was carried up to Kew as a present from Admiral Boscawen to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
nemgarrett.bsky.social
I dropped out of GCSE History because my 14-year-old self found the course content so boring and male-centric. Coming back to #History in uni was a revelation. The content of school curriculums really does influence who gets to engage with the past.
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 24
'Research by the group End Sexism in Schools found that women were largely absent from history taught in key stage 3, the first three years of secondary education in England. Monarchs were among only a handful of women mentioned by name alongside...Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison.' 2/2
End Sexism In Schools - Working for education free of sexism
End Sexism in Schools is working for a UK education system free of sexism that allows all children to fulfil their potential.
endsexisminschools.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM