Beloved grandson of my girl Isabella Byron, sporting a rather natty hairdo 💁

#twitterstorians I need help figuring out who a ‘Mrs Walker’ with a house on the corner of Stanhope St might be. Having difficulty finding her…Dr Hannah Greig Professor Amanda Vickery Emily Brand Gillian Russell any ideas? #18thc #fashionable #beaumonde

Welcome to another normal day in Britain. Who will be Prime Minster this evening? No one knows. Are you currently the chancellor? Perhaps. Should we be paying attention to important things like being able to afford to be alive? Shut up.

Historic Royal Palaces is looking for a new Curator for Inclusive History Historic Royal Palaces A great opportunity to research Black, Asian & Indigenous histories at the palaces. Deadline 19th October 👉🏽 hrp.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/ap…

Absolutely loved this Allan Ramsay-inspired exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery last year 🌹🥬

See thread for more, & the original portraits that inspired Alison Watt's works >>

MANY thanks to the advance reviewers whose enthusiasm kept my pre-publication nerves (almost)under control. Out today! So now it's pos-publication nerves. #Viking #Orkney even tempted Emily Brand out of the 18th/19th Century . Thank you, Emily!
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Edinburgh, 2021, living my best life courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland ♥️

Maria Anna of Savoy, Princess of Savoy & later Duchess of Chablais (1757–1824), & more importantly, a dog 🐾

Presumably she was given this gorgeous hat & lovely pooch to make up for the fact that she had been married off to her actual uncle aged 17 😬

Today's mood: ugly Regency prints of people yawning

No one is less impressed by nudity than tiny, scruffy dogs in renaissance art…

A jolly time in #libertine #london .

Imagine my horror when I moved away from all the glorious history of London & discovered that this is round the corner

Exactly a week to go until our exciting event The British Library!

Acclaimed actor Paterson Joseph will speak to award-winning author CatherineJohnson about his debut novel and all life & times of Charles Ignatius Sancho.

In-person and online tickets available: bl.uk/events/the-ext…

Madame Henriette de France as a Vestal Virgin, by Jean Marc Nattier (c.1749)

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If the Louvre hasn’t used “Live Laugh Louvre” in their promotional materials yet then what are they even doing

💜 This fabulous new #Wollstonecraft edition from Renard Press has not one but BOTH Vindications & an intro from yours truly. ❤️

The very origins of human rights. Have you forgotten how good they taste ?