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I’m thrilled to be participating in the newly-established ODSECS (Open Digital Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies) programme this...

I’m super excited that my article, ‘Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire’, has been...

I’m super excited that my article, ‘Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire’, has been...

I’m thrilled that my paper ‘Inheriting Strawberry Hill: Shared Practices and Shared Spaces’ has been accepted for next year’s...

I’m thrilled that my paper ‘Inheriting Strawberry Hill: Shared Practices and Shared Spaces’ has been accepted for next year’s...

Serena Reading, by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after George Romney stipple engraving, published 1 October 1811...

Serena Reading, by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after George Romney stipple engraving, published 1 October 1811...

My final ‘favourite collage’ that I’m going to share for my IASH twitter takeover are these windows, located in the Library at Plas...

My final ‘favourite collage’ that I’m going to share for my IASH twitter takeover are these windows, located in the Library at Plas...

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt, is the largest piece of folk art in the world, and is...

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt, is the largest piece of folk art in the world, and is...

My object of the week is this INCREDIBLE Album of Seaweed Pictures from 1848, now held at the Brooklyn Museum. The album was made as a...

My object of the week is this INCREDIBLE Album of Seaweed Pictures from 1848, now held at the Brooklyn Museum. The album was made as a...

It’s the first day of my two-week research visit to the Lewis Walpole Library, and I’ve just finished looking through the anonymous...

It’s the first day of my two-week research visit to the Lewis Walpole Library, and I’ve just finished looking through the anonymous...

First up, Dominic Janes’ post, ‘A Queer Taste for Macaroni‘, on the Public Domain Review. I recently had an article accepted for a...

First up, Dominic Janes’ post, ‘A Queer Taste for Macaroni‘, on the Public Domain Review. I recently had an article accepted for a...

Victorian hand calling card, private collection. A slightly belated Week in Review post. As I’ve noted before, Notches and the Age of...

Victorian hand calling card, private collection. A slightly belated Week in Review post. As I’ve noted before, Notches and the Age of...

John Richard Coke Smyth, Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake. Watercolour 4 3/4 in. x 4 1/4 in. (121 mm x 108 mm), National Portrait Gallery,...