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Fabric details from Gentile da Fabriano’s Coronation of the Virgin (1420)

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Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2016

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Princess Dagmar of Denmark and her sister Princess Alexandra of Denmark painted in 1868 by the painter Franz Winterhalter

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Napoleon's Cloak (Burnous) 1797 - 1805

The burnous is believed to have been amongst the Emperor's captured belongings; it was amongst those items passed to General Blücher who presented it to The Prince Regent.  It is recorded in July 1816 in the Carlton House Inventory as 'Said to be a Cloak worn by Bonaparte' and 'A large cloak made of Scarlet Cloth with Large Hood. The Hood, The Front Embroidered with Gold.  Parts of the inside of the Front of the Cloak lined with Silk Embroidered with Gold.  It was transferred to Windsor Castle in March 1837.  It is recorded in the North Corridor Inventory at Windsor as; 

'Cloak of Napoleon 1st said to have been brought by him from Egypt, and teken out of his Carriage by the Prussians after Waterloo.  An Aide de Camp of Marshal Blücher who visited Windsor Castle about 1870 vouched for the truth of the above and said he himself took the Cloak from Napoleon's carriage'.

#napoleon bonaparte #british royal family #french empire #waterloo

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Mads Mikkelsen by Armin Smailovic

#mads mikkelsen #must be nice being this perfect

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Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1643

#my other blog #music

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Inkwell with two scroll handles with helmetted mask finials set on domed base chased with foliage.

Birthday present from Prince Albert, to Queen Victoria, May 24th 1840

#Queen Victoria #Prince Albert #inkwells #british royal family

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Schloss Rosenau in Coburg, Germany. 1850s drawings vs now.

#schloss rosenau #queen victoria #prince albert #drawings #paintings #germany #coburg

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Glad you asked! It’s Norman Hartnell’s tulle gown with sequined butterflies. 

Full length portrait of Princess Margaret. The photograph was taken by Cecil Beaton in the Chinese Dining Room, now known as the Centre Room, Buckingham Palace. 1949.

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Queen Mary holding an umbrella for The Duchess of York who is holding the infant Princess Elizabeth(now Queen Elizabeth II) on their return from Australia and New Zealand, 27th June 1927.

#queen elizabeth ii #queen elizabeth the queen mother #queen mary #british royal family #LOVE Queen Mary #1920s #look at George V smiling in the background #they all look so happy #this photo is just too precious

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According to the aetiological myth of Rome, the city was founded on this day(april 21st) in 753 BC. Buon compleanno, Urbs Aeterna.  

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Il Gattopardo, d. Luchino Visconti, 1963

#il gattopardo #luchino visconti #alain delon #claudia cardinale #film

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Trakai Castle, Lithuania (by pascal lacour)

#lithuania

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Canadian Pacific Airlines, 1966

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Desk in the Dressing Room of Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia, in the Winter Palace c.1874

#maria alexandrova #alexander ii #russia #romanov #st petersburg #winter palace #1800s