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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Book Deal News!

I'm thrilled to announce that Eleanor and I have signed a brand new four book deal with Orion, writing as Ellie Curzon. We'll be bringing you four fresh WWII sagas, and we can't wait to get started! It's some of the best news we've received, and we'd like to extend our thanks not only to the team at Orion, but to all of our readers too - we couldn't do it without you.

In the meantime, our first Ellie Curzon releases, the bestselling Under a Spitfire Sky and The Codebreaker Girls, are available now in paperback, eBook and audio!

 

A Trip to Shondaland

I'm very lucky to be one half of Ellie Curzon, the pen name under which Eleanor Harkstead and I write bestselling WW2 sagas for Orion. If you'd like to know how we make a shared pen name work, click here to pop over to Shondaland - home of Bridgerton - to find out our secrets!

The Trouble with Rain

A fashion mishap for these intrepid #gloriousGeorgians! Chemise a la rain. Or an excellent shift for bad weather!!!, 1805, via the British Museum.

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