Shelley Tobin
@princesshamira
Dress historian/NT & RAMM fashion/textiles curator/bookreviews ed @dresshistorians. Mum/cat staff/loves nature & dancing. Thinking out loud/Send me book news!
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11-03-2011 20:02:21
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💛 Hello yellow 👋 Today's #OnlineArtExchange is yellow to mark 80 years since the painting 'Pauline in the Yellow Dress' was first acquired The Harris 🧑🎨 Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964) © estate of the artist. 📷 The Harris
Big fans of The Harris's Pauline here, so... here is Panchita Zorolla by William Strang for Art UK #OnlineArtExchange. HBD, P! 🎂 Yellow dress? - tick! Seated portrait? - tick! Knowing expression? - tick! Collection of Manchester Art Gallery 👇 artuk.org/discover/artwo…
🟡 In celebration of 80 years of The Harris’s ‘Pauline in The Yellow Dress’ by Herbert James Gunn, this week’s @ArtUKDotOrg #OnlineArtExchange is #yellow Like Gunn, Sir John Lavery was a renowned portraitist. His ‘Eileen in Primrose Yellow’ is one fine example.
British poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She was photographed by American fashion photographer George Platt Lynes in 1950, posing as Lady Macbeth, wearing this damask patterned velvet tunic dress. Sold by Dreweatts 1759. #fashionhistory #dress
We would like to announce our wonderful professor Ross Parry who launched the Museum Data Service (MDS) today. This transformative service aims to connect and share tens of millions of object records across ALL 1750 accredited UK museums. A big congratulations Ross Parry ! 👏📚
Big news – today the Museum Data Service launches 🎉 The MDS will bring together over 100 million object records from UK museums and collections 👉 artuk.org/discover/stori… A collaboration with Art UK Collections Trust University of Leicester, funded Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts and Humanities Research Council
A reminder of an exciting event coming up at the end of September Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/godde…