Managed to get to the final day of this splendid exhibition in The King’s Gallery, Edinburgh. I took lots of photos of this fascinating collection of paintings and artefacts. Lots to interest the fan of both civilian and military clothing. Great inspiration for painting figures…
Very interesting!
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DeleteAlan Tradgardland
Fascinating exhibition combining paintings with examples of the clothes they show, cleverly done.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of these mid to late Georgian redcoated officers and militia swanning around in fancy uniforms in Regency Britain in Jane Austen period novels / films / TV etc.
There is an interesting Helion two book series by Ben Townsend on how Georgian society fashions inspired British Army Military fashion and tailoring and vice versa
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/fashioning-regulation-regulating-fashion-the-uniforms-and-dress-of-the-british-army-1800-1815-volume-1-.php
Glad you enjoyed the photos. This book somehow got under my radar, thanks for mentioning it.
ReplyDeleteI found your last post most interesting as I am a big fan of these toy soldiers too and really must get them on the table. Still unabl3 to comment there hence comment here.
Alan Tradgardland
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat, my pleasure
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P.s did Norwegian fashions outwith Royal circles look similar or were they more adapted for the weather ?
Alan Tradgardland
Only families with connections or class with access to the Royal Court were allowed to wear clothing embroidered with gold and silver. When it comes to fashion it was for the wealthy. People in general wore clothes adapted for the very changing weather-conditions in Norway. I took a brief look into the 1700-1800 room in the National Gallery this morning, but this comment-section is not good for sharing photos. I'll send them to you in Messenger.
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