#historicism
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Previously: We established that Dorothea von Lieven wore a form of historicised fancy-dress to a ball given in honour of Queen Charlotte at Carlton House in February 1813. For this, the final instalment in my first trilogy of blog posts, we will take a deep dive into the visual world of sartorial historicism in early
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Previously: I noticed an interesting passage in a book about upper-class Regency society, by Venetia Murray. Upon further investigation I was able to firmly establish that there was a high likelihood that Venetia Murray had misinterpreted a letter describing Dorothea von Lieven’s attire at a society even in February 1813. Princess Lieven (then Countess von
Sarah J. Hodge 