Georgian era

Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter, one of the most successful women artists (unusually so for her time), especially known for her portraits of women. She notably painted Marie-Antoinette more than 20 times and made numerous self-portraits. Learn more about Vigee-Lebrun’s life and work.

We Make History: Ladies' Fashions of the Georgian Era

Today we will take a brief look at the role of one of the most important jobs within a household during the Georgian Era, that of the nursery nurse or nursery maid. When this guidance was produced …

10 posts published by Rebecca Demarest during April 2012

Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (13 April 1769 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. Lawrence was a child prodigy. He was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper. At the age of ten, having moved to

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2 posts published by Liz on October 7, 2011

Portrait of Miss Hill by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, ca. 18th c. @dames_a_la_mode #GeorgianJanuary #white theme ❤❤❤

Needless to say in the 18th century women were regarded as being of lower status than their male counterparts, this was especially noticeable in music. How many well-known female composers of the 1…