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Showing posts with label Queen Victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen Victoria. Show all posts
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers: An English Princess

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 By Lauren Gilbert Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt, Darstellung von Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Child Villiers   by Karl Gruber / CC BY 3.0 ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

John Brown: Victoria's Lover or Rasputin-like Figure?

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By Emma Rose Millar Since first watching Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly in the 1997 film, Mrs Brown, I have been intrigued by Queen Vi...
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Friday, June 14, 2019

The Duke of Wellington’s Female Circle: Frances, Lady Shelley

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by Lauren Gilbert Lady Shelley, from a miniature by G. Sanders, in the possession of Spencer Shelley Esq. Arthur Wellesley, the Duk...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Dresser to the Queen: Miss Marianne Skerrett

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By Lauren Gilbert In the television series VICTORIA, Mr. Francatelli had a relationship and married Nancy Skerrett, known as Mrs. Skerrett...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Plants vs. Winter: The Origins of English Conservatories

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by K.M. Pohlkamp Your ruthless Viscount patron has commissioned a heinous new poison. Your stores of toxic cuttings and seeds are running ...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

Death Becomes Her

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by Sandra Byrd Queen Victoria's Daughters, mourning The Victorians cared very much about how outward appearances reflected inward...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Queen Adelaide, the Last Georgian Queen

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By Lauren Gilbert Miniature of the Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide, 1818, by Samuel Raven When Queen Victoria took the throne...