Image source about the 18th century.
Keira Knightly as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire in the film “The Duchess”.
“Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire”, Thomas Gainsborough, 1787.
I love the way the portraits are used as inspiration for all the costumes in the movie.
Waistcoat, French, between 1780-1790.
Silk and silk embroidery.
Now in storage at the Costume Institute in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
La Virgen del Apocalipsis, Miguel Cabrera, 1760.
Museo Nacional de Arte, México, D.F.
Mantua, back detail.
Made between 1740-1745, altered between 1875-1900 to fit the late 19th centiry dress.
Made in England, now in storage at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Chatsworth House, North Derbyshire, England.
The seat of the Duke of Devonshire since 1549.
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.
I just LOVE this shot!
Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman mixing a macbook pro and 18th century fashion in Versailles behind the scenes filming Marie Antoinette.
Isaac Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts, USA.
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.
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.
Learn more HERE at their webpage.
“The Honorable Henry Fane with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair”, 1761-66, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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.
Johannes Passion BWV 245, 1724.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Full oratorio perfomed by Concentus Musicus Wien and the Tölzer Knaberchor directed by Nicolaus Harnoncourt, 18985.
“La Théorie et la Pratique du Jardinage” by Dezallier D’Argénvilles, 1712.
“Portrait of Don Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa at 4 years old” by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, 18th century.
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.
Alexander Fehling in the 2010 german film Goethe!
French 18th century shoes (mules) from the private collection of Lillian Williams.
Painting details from:
1. “La Toilette” (1742) by François Boucher.
2. “La Déclaration d’amour” (1732) by Jean François de Troy
Formal day ensemble in Spitafields woven fabric, circa 1735-1740, made in Britain.
Making of the Vogue cover with Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette.
