Sing hey ho, the wind and rain.

Archaeologist, humanist and closet hippy. Books and tea get me by in life.

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Billie Piper in The Shadow in the North (2007)

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Interlude in Prague (2017)

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Gwen ‘close-ups’ requested by joan-harris

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Charlotte, Lady Milnes (1788-1792). George Romney (English, 1734-1802). Oil on canvas. The Frick Collection.

Lady Milnes is ravishing in this example of pre-revolutionary style with satin skirt and bodice and muslin sleeves under a broad feathered hat. Her sleeves end with small engageantes. Her shoes and hosiery are completely visible.

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Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante - George Romney

18th century

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A portrait of Charlotte Clive (1762-1795) by George Romney, 1783.

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George Romney - Portrait of Lady Anne Barbara Russell with her eldest son Henry (1796)

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Elizabeth Cook (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Bache) as The Country Girl, 1839, Thomas Sully

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The ceiling of the restored imperial theatre at Fontainebleau Palace

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John Galliano Fall 2009 Details

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[history-of-fashion]

1670 René-Antoine Houasse - Anne Marie de La Tremoille

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Untitled by pocky poki poki via Flickr please don’t remove credit, add/promote your blog, or claim as your own

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Cecil Beaton at home - The Reddish House

[benafflecks]

Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.