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I was thrilled to find out that I’ll be presenting my paper ‘A literary inheritance: Romantic family histories and textual afterlives in...

I was thrilled to find out that I’ll be presenting my paper ‘A literary inheritance: Romantic family histories and textual afterlives in...

I was greatly saddened last week to hear of the passing of Mary D. Sheriff, the internationally celebrated art historian. Her obit on...

I was greatly saddened last week to hear of the passing of Mary D. Sheriff, the internationally celebrated art historian. Her obit on...

website or below. The Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar (ECRS) series invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and...

website or below. The Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar (ECRS) series invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and...

My object of the week is this albumen portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, which was used to illustrate the National Portrait Gallery’s...

My object of the week is this albumen portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, which was used to illustrate the National Portrait Gallery’s...

My object of the week is this c.1760 Worcester dish, which features the company’s Valentine pattern (Brian Haughton Gallery). Featuring...

My object of the week is this c.1760 Worcester dish, which features the company’s Valentine pattern (Brian Haughton Gallery). Featuring...

Since beginning my research on the commonplace books of Ellen Warter, I – like their author – have been preoccupied with the Brontës. For...

Since beginning my research on the commonplace books of Ellen Warter, I – like their author – have been preoccupied with the Brontës. For...

This week’s object of the week isn’t mine per se, but Zara Anishanslin’s. In her recently published book, Portrait of a Woman in Silk:...

This week’s object of the week isn’t mine per se, but Zara Anishanslin’s. In her recently published book, Portrait of a Woman in Silk:...

My object of the week is an image from Mary Banning’s The Fungi of Maryland, a lush volume with 175 hand-painted watercolors accompanied...

My object of the week is an image from Mary Banning’s The Fungi of Maryland, a lush volume with 175 hand-painted watercolors accompanied...

I’ve written previously about wanting to explore ideas and thoughts for my next research project on this blog. Today I’d like to do so by...

I’ve written previously about wanting to explore ideas and thoughts for my next research project on this blog. Today I’d like to do so by...

My object of the week is this book of spirit drawings by the medium Anna Mary Howitt. Now held at Cambridge University Library Special...

My object of the week is this book of spirit drawings by the medium Anna Mary Howitt. Now held at Cambridge University Library Special...