Art, Fashion and Material Culture
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From Parliament to Fancy Dress: the life story of an MP’s court dress
In this guest blog, originally posted on the Victorian Commons blog page, Henrietta Lockhart, Curator of Museum Collections at Winterbourne House…
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‘True Blue’: the choice of political colours in the 18th century
In British politics, we are now used to the idea of certain parties (or causes) being associated with particular colours.…
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Tackling congestion in 18th-century London
In the course of the 18th century, Britain’s towns became increasingly congested with private carriages as well as a variety…
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Hogarth in Derby
From 10 March to 4 June 2023 Derby Museum and Art Gallery hosted an exhibition Hogarth’s Britons. Succession, Patriotism and…
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‘Buff and Blue’: dance and factional politics in London’s West End, 1780-89
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Hillary Burlock of Newcastle University. On 29 November, between 5.30…
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Heraldry, Pomp and Power: The Use of Parliamentary Symbols on Coats of Arms, c.1527-2006
Ahead of next Tuesday’s hybrid Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Duncan Sutherland. On 15 November, between 5.30…
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Portraits, patrons, and political networks in late Stuart and early Georgian England
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Amy Lim of St Hilda’s College,…
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Conference Report: Bath 250
On 29 and 30 September the opening of Bath’s historic (Upper) Assembly Rooms was marked with a conference over Zoom,…
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Portraits, Plates and Pigs: Representations of National Leaders within the Material Culture of Scottish Radical Procession 1832-1884
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Sonny Angus, of the University of…
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Exploring parliamentary history through art
Today’s blog contains details of the Art UK online exhibitions that our researchers have curated during lockdown… The History of…
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Dancing into the Houses of Parliament: the role of balls in Georgian electoral campaigns
The latest blog from the Georgian Lords investigates the importance of dance in the eighteenth-century political process. Our guest author,…