Image source about the 18th century.Tumblr (3.0; @my18thcenturysource)http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/728870243eabeaf9978a530380105350/tumblr_mmx8dnJAl51r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe3f2f76bb8c382ebf0872034e9f5652/tumblr_mmx8dnJAl51r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Keira Knightly as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire in the film “The Duchess”.</p> <p>“Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire”, Thomas Gainsborough, 1787.</p> <p>I love the way the portraits are used as inspiration for all the costumes in the movie. </p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50624205293http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50624205293Thu, 16 May 2013 21:32:11 -0500portraitenglish portrait18th Centuryartthomas gainsboroughgeorgiana cavendishduchess of devonshirethe duchesskeira knightley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/54f50c0153e64cf91d754160ad54d42d/tumblr_mmsmxnK4Jt1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d88c208c36cfaeeeec394efc430562f0/tumblr_mmsmxnK4Jt1r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Waistcoat, French, between 1780-1790.</p> <p>Silk and silk embroidery.</p> <p>Now in storage at the Costume Institute in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50422213943http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50422213943Tue, 14 May 2013 09:58:35 -0500embroiderywaistcoat18th Centuryfashionfashion historymetropolitan museum of artcostume institutemenswear<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2f014d72b1ae2f7dbdb6e8bb5f26805a/tumblr_mmo026ka8m1qhn5nho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eliestela.tumblr.com/post/50218699626/la-virgen-del-apocalipsis-miguel-cabrera-1760" target="_blank">eliestela</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>La Virgen del Apocalipsis, Miguel Cabrera, 1760.</p> <p>Museo Nacional de Arte, México, D.F.</p> </blockquote>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50340224191http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50340224191Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:09 -050018th Centuryartpaintingmiguel cabreravirgen del apocalipsisvirreinalmexicocolonial<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/97b7a28742c53f7f82deef78f2f7ef26/tumblr_mmjvcdEHsO1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mantua, back detail.</p> <p>Made between 1740-1745, altered between 1875-1900 to fit the late 19th centiry dress.</p> <p>Made in England, now in storage at the Victoria & Albert Museum.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50037076699http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/50037076699Thu, 09 May 2013 16:21:49 -0500mantua18th CenturyfashionrococoVictoria & Albertwomensweardress<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d118c5ccb42eff1d051eb4fdf744670a/tumblr_mmfytkgb1y1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fba64d92756757464d87cb5e44a676fe/tumblr_mmfytkgb1y1r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ebd02c4d95ce9620cb74230a6cdca04/tumblr_mmfytkgb1y1r3d24lo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Chatsworth House, North Derbyshire, England.</p> <p>The seat of the Duke of Devonshire since 1549.</p> <p>Originaly build in 1553 based on the “Court of Chetel” from the times of Edward the Confessor. The building now a days was first re-built between 1687 and 1707 in the site of the original Tudor Mansion (built between 1553-1560’s) by the 1rst Duke of Devonshire, the south and east front were completed in 1696 by William Talman . In the early 19th century the 6th Duke (the Bachelor Duke) added the north wing made by Jeffry Wyatville.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49868831295http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49868831295Tue, 07 May 2013 13:46:32 -0500ArchitectureDuke of Devonshire6th duke of devonshirederbyshirechatsworth18th Century17th century19th Centurypaintingsculptureartwilliam talmanjeffry wyatville<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25f2e9d578b602c5504bb6939540ad73/tumblr_mm8fwmkPdM1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I just LOVE this shot!</p> <p>Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman mixing a macbook pro and 18th century fashion in Versailles behind the scenes filming Marie Antoinette.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49521694147http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49521694147Fri, 03 May 2013 12:14:46 -0500marie antoinettefilmperiod filmmacbookmacbook prokirsten dunstjason schwartzman18th CenturyVersailles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1df6f974a9e252bb29feee260736478a/tumblr_mm1b1g5rkI1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/14a57e10137155be15d23d4b2275f5da/tumblr_mm1b1g5rkI1r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07d4d136c4a68e78bcbd58ddae8b3861/tumblr_mm1b1g5rkI1r3d24lo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Isaac Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts, USA.</p> <p>Built between 1732-1737 this house is one of the finest 18t century houses in the States. It is conservated thanks to the Royall House Association, a group of men and women who bought the house, slave quarters and about an acre for keepping as a museum in 1908.</p> <p>The mansion was confiscated at the beggining of the american Revolution after the owner ranaway to England, and was used as headquarters. After that, Colonel Cary (Washington’s secretary) lived there for two years, then it turned into a boarding school, returned to Isaac Royall’s granddaughter who sold it to a rum destiller and it was kept in this familiy untill the end of the 19th century when the Daughter of American Revolution thought about preserve it for its historic and aesthetic value.</p> <p>Learn more <a href="http://royallhouse.org/index.php" target="_blank">HERE </a>at their webpage.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49201269810http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/49201269810Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:46:00 -0500isacc royallhouseroyall house18th CenturyArchitecturehistoric housemedfordmassachusettsnew englandamerica<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6220ca5bd1219abc2d59da461894f00e/tumblr_mlq6s1b7Dg1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/381ca2eefd8d6dc8e432dbe853c5345b/tumblr_mlq6s1b7Dg1r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a79cd05e22750297cc56c4aec31ef09c/tumblr_mlq6s1b7Dg1r3d24lo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“The Honorable Henry Fane with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair”, 1761-66, Sir Joshua Reynolds.</p> <p>Henry Fane was the 2nd son of the eighth Earl of Westmorland, he is the one sitting with the greyhound on his knee. Wearing red is Charles Blair, Fane’s brother in law and in blue is Inigo Jones, a relative of the famous architect.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/48715845280http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/48715845280Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40:49 -0500portraitenglish portraitengland18th CenturySir Joshua Reynoldspaintingartgreyhounddoghenry faneinigo jonescharles blair<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fytfvOhdAjQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Johannes Passion BWV 245, 1724.</p> <p>Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)</p> <p>Full oratorio perfomed by Concentus Musicus Wien and the Tölzer Knaberchor directed by Nicolaus Harnoncourt, 18985.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47925261118http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47925261118Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:12:19 -0500musichistory18th Centurybachjohann sebastian bachjohannes passionsaint john passionbaroquebaroque music<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c35df8f402858c59eb98b828c1141b05/tumblr_ml5iueTPu51r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“La Théorie et la Pratique du Jardinage” by Dezallier D’Argénvilles, 1712.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47789309391http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47789309391Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:51:50 -0500book18th Centurygardeninghistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a832be2732f16b40ce5ce59d3038e2d3/tumblr_ml3yggGCED1r3d24lo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Portrait of Don Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa at 4 years old” by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, 18th century.</p> <p>This newspanish boy had his portrait made by one of the last generations of great painters in the colonial times. The style is clearly of a official portrait even though the subject is a child, but it also makes clear that the boy is part of an important family: the purse on his hand links him to the Bishop of Puebla and the sword indicates a future military career.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47722831251http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47722831251Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:33:52 -0500New SpainviceroyaltyportraitpaintingartMexicoNicolás Rodríguez Juárezchild18th Century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a36a5443aff710fdd1eed9f9cf1b0587/tumblr_ml1zedG7jO1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alexander Fehling in the 2010 german film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440180/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"><em>Goethe!</em></a></p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47635287761http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/47635287761Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:59:01 -0500menswear18th Centuryfashionfashion historyinterior designgoethefilmperiod filmperiod<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11f20fadd91d38a86ee880435d6be461/tumblr_mk84jvc0931r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a6319adf21c2e0c768b8f700fd6aea00/tumblr_mk84jvc0931r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>French 18th century shoes (mules) from the private collection of Lillian Williams.</p> <p>Painting details from:</p> <p>1.<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg/730px-Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg" title="La Toilette" target="_blank"> “La Toilette”</a> (1742) by François Boucher.</p> <p>2. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Declarationoflove.jpg" title="la déclaration d'amour" target="_blank">“La Déclaration d’amour”</a> (1732) by Jean François de Troy</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/46256271018http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/46256271018Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:02:19 -060018th centuryshoesfashionrococomulesfemale fashionfashion historyfrance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ijhrnMWy1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ijhrnMWy1r3d24lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Formal day ensemble in Spitafields woven fabric, circa 1735-1740, made in Britain.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26427552889http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26427552889Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:59:25 -0500womenswearfashiondressensembleengland18th Century<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EtHTsXfZrME?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Making of the Vogue cover with Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26354028563http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26354028563Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:58:12 -0500Voguemarie antoinette18th Centuryhaute couturefashionmagazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ea5sUiiO1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>18th century reproduction gloves, made by costumer Augustin Tytär.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26293480648http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26293480648Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:02:19 -0500Acceossoriesglovesleatherwomenswear18th Centuryfashion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6e9uanlP41r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British ikat-like embroidery shoes, 1700-1720.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26271273318http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26271273318Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:51:46 -0500shoesAcceossories18th Centuryikatembroiderywomenswear<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6e9lspoWT1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coin purse, New Spain (Mexican), 1790.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26227532103http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26227532103Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:58:30 -0500New SpainamericaAcceossoriesbagpursebeaded18th Centurywomenswearfashion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6e9eaTOaq1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stays, late 18th century.</p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26205887225http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26205887225Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:59:08 -0500staysunderwearwomenswear18th Century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6e5uyXv4N1r3d24lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Men’s Suit, circa 1780.</span></p>http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26160031026http://my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/26160031026Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:01:14 -0500menswear18th Centurysuitfashion