Art, Fashion and Material Culture

Wigs on roundheads: puritans, peruques and powder under Oliver Cromwell

Patrick Little

June 20, 2019

In our latest blog, Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section challenges one of the lingering stereotypes…
MPs as art collectors in the 1650s

History of Parliament

April 10, 2018

As the Royal Academy’s Charles I: King and Collector exhibition comes to a close, Andrew Barclay, Senior Research Fellow with…
Art, power and money: the sale of Charles I’s art collection

larminiev

February 1, 2018

On Tuesday of this week – 30th January – we observed the anniversary of the regicide, the execution of Charles…
Peers on Parade: A Sartorial History of the State Opening of Parliament

History of Parliament

May 18, 2016

Today’s guestblog is from Dr Charles Farris, University of Westminster, who discusses the history of the ceremonial attire worn at…
Parliament, Politics & People Seminar: James Ford, ‘United under one roof, though separated by different arches and mouldings, Representing the Union in the Central Lobby mosaics’

History of Parliament

March 1, 2016

At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar, James Ford (University of Nottingham) spoke on ‘‘United under one roof, though separated…
Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Dr Geoff Hicks on ‘Memorialising Britain’s politicians: the politics of Parliament Square’

Kathryn Rix

June 19, 2014

Our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper report, thanks to Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons… Geoff Hicks of…

Art, Fashion and Material Culture

Wigs on roundheads: puritans, peruques and powder under Oliver Cromwell

MPs as art collectors in the 1650s

Art, power and money: the sale of Charles I’s art collection

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