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The 'Comte d'Orsay' and the decline of the 'dandy' image in the London which...
« Bello di corpo come l'Apollo del Belvedere, alto sei piedi e tre pollici, straripante di salute, vivacità e gaiezza, spiritoso, sempre di buon umore, amato ed ammirato da tutti: così era il conte...
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HISTORY OF FASHION ~ 1870s Summer Fashions.
Oggi voglio trasportarvi nell'era tardo vittoriana e più precisamente ai primi anni settanta, quando gli abiti femminili raggiunsero l'apice dell'eleganza, per rileggere con voi i dettami della moda...
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'The Proposal' by Frank Stone: Victorian values and virtues taught in silence...
IT WAS ENTIRELY accepted by the vast majority of the population that a central event in any woman's life was marriage. Women who remained unmarried had failed to fulfill their destiny, both...
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Let's take the time to smell the roses ...
When Roses cease to bloom, Sir,And Violets are done—When Bumblebees in solemn flightHave passed beyond the Sun—The hand that paused to gatherUpon this Summer's dayWill idle lie—in Auburn—Then take my...
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY: Laura Ingalls Gunn, the privilege of being a descendant...
I knew her for chance ...Shot originally taken by Tom Tingle/The Arizona Republic ©The Ingalls Familythanks to Stacey, blogger at POOFING THE PILLOWS, who, as soon as read my post about Laura Ingalls...
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HERZOG MAX JOSEPH IN BAYERN and his Zither Band.
Herzog Max in Bayern and his Zither BandSappiamo tutti che la bellissima ed ammirata Sisi apparteneva, per tramite di padre, al ramo cadetto della casa regnante di Baviera, che mai ne avrebbe ereditato...
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♚ NOBLE MANSIONS AND CROWNS ♚ Sudeley Castle & Gardens and Queen Katherine Parr.
Come una gemma incastonata nel verde, come uno scrigno conservato in un avvallamento naturale dalle colline sinuose dei Cotswolds che attraversano la parte centrale dell'Inghilterra e che ne conservano...
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"Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the door." - TO MOURN A BROTHER.
Quest'oggi è la mia storia a parlare, la storia della mia vita, in un post che non era programmato, improvviso, doloroso, a scriversi, che mai avrei pensato di pubblicare ...Tragicamente ed...
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Lazy days of Fall.
That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.William...
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~ VICTORIAN AGE CURIOSITIES IV ~
Da tempo non dedico un post a questo argomento che ha suscitato la vostra simpatia ed il vostro interesse nelle tre pubblicazioni precedenti, perciò vado certa nell'antologizzare per la quarta volta...
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"Our poor Bertie, neither fish, nor flesh .." - King Edward VII of UK and his...
The birth of an heir apparent had been announced by Albert from Buckingham Palace on 9 November 1841.'You have become an Uncle again' he wrote to his brother 'and this time it is a nephew. Victoria was...
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The oddest taxes in history dating back to Georgian England.
Tutto il lusso sfrenato, tutta l'opulenza e lo sfarzo di cui diedero sfoggio i regnanti inglesi durante l'intero XVIII secolo, coniugato con le spese sostenute per le guerre, combattute soprattutto...
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Autumn is eventually knocking at our door...
“Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the...
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HISTORY OF FASHION ~ The Victorian corset.
Avete mai provato a riflettere sulla forma impeccabile, per non dire perfetta, di cui facevano sfoggio le modelle delle stampe vittoriane ?Sì, è vero che si trattava di meri disegni, ma riproducevano...
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AUSTIN & MABEL: The Amherst Affair which gave us the Emily Dickinson we love.
"WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN LATER, THAT IS ALL. ONE OR TWO HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW THE WORLD WOULD REJOICE WITH US."1EMILY is called in Amherts "the myth". She has not been out of her house for fifteen...
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Salt and silver photography, the dawn of a new era.
Disegno a matita - Gravedona, Lago di Como"How charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durable and remain fixed upon the paper. And why should it...
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Gimmel Rings and the secret messages they hid - History of engagement and...
A curious artist wrought 'em,With joynts so close as not to be perceiv'd;Yet are they both each other's counterpart.John Dryden (1631- 1700), from Don Sebastian (1690)La storia degli anelli come...
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Gifts for a Victorian Christmas.
Durante il periodo vittoriano, la realizzazione dei doni per il S.Natale era visto come un modo per animare le lunghe serate invernali che anticipavano la grande festa mentre i giorni si fanno via via...
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The Lebkuchen from Nuremberg and the Pampapato from Ferrara, two traditional...
Da sempre per me, grazie al mio caro nonno, il Natale è legato alla tradizione del Pampapato o Pampepatoun dolce che ha nel cioccolato e nel cacao i suoi ingredienti principali ma che deve alle spezie...
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Christmas Eve 1923 - Pres.Coolidge lights the first national Christmas Tree...
The Cleveland Family tree decorated with red, white and blue electric light bulbs, delighted the president's young daughters.It was placed in the second floor Oval Room of the White House in 1894.The...
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