The Young Queen Victoria, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1842). This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty, which looks at body decoration of girls throughout history. Check out the exhibition here. The Victorians are...
Louisa Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrook, later Countess of Sandwich (1781-1862) as Hope. Thomas Lawrence. Oil on canvas, c. 1804. This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty, which looks at body decoration of girls...
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by Thomas Gainsborough. Oil on canvas c.1785-87. Chatsworth House private collection. This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty, which looks at body decoration of girls...
Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia, by Robert Peake the Elder (ca. 1606). Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art. This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty, which looks at body decoration of...
Elizabeth I when a Princess c.1546. Attributed to William Scrots (active 1537-53). Oil on panel.Royal Collection Trust (Queen’s Drawing Room, Windsor Castle), RCIN 404444 This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty,...
Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, oil on panel, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.44 This blog is part of series linked to our exhibition, More than Pretty, which looks at body decoration of girls throughout history. Check out the...
