This is very short notice, but just in case anyone is kicking their heels in London this weekend, The Queens House at the Royal Museums Greenwich has a series of events running today and tomorrow "exploring the extraordinary story of Lady Emma Hamilton; actress, dancer, celebrity, trend-setter and muse." It's good to see Hamilton getting some ( Read more... )

Another interesting event, this time on the other side of the pond. The Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University currently is currently showing an exhibition called Lady Hamilton Dancing. Blurb as follows:

In 1794 the dancing and Attitudes, or expressive postures, performed by Emma Hamilton (1761?-1815) were rendered in twelve neoclassical images ( Read more... )