I’m absolutely thrilled to have been featured in Vanity Fair’s recent article, A Brief History of Royals in Disgrace. To read the full article, visit the link below... I couldn’t be more chuffed!
Catherine Curzon
Old Hollywood and even older royals from the quill of Catherine Curzon
Monday, 13 June 2022
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Fatal Fashion
A lady discovers that fashion can be deadly... literally. “A cutting wind or the fatal effects of tight-lacing”, c.1820, courtesy of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The Bum-Bailiff
The Bum-Bailiff is outwitted by a canny lady who abandons her scaffolded frock to make good her escape! #GloriousGeorgians of 1786 via the British Museum.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2022
A Photorealistic Portrait

This remarkably realistic Portrait of an Old Woman by Christian Seybold dates from 1749. It could almost be a photograph - everything about this image just feels so incredibly real, as it she might be about to speak.
Via Harvard Art Museums.
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