Lovely piece to share with you! I found this bit of embroidery on Ruby Lane last month, and put it on layaway. It is, of course, an interpretation of Gainsborough's portrait of the actress Sarah Siddons. The dealer found it locally in a 'country sale' (which I assume is like a flea market?) in England, and dates it circa 1960.


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"This is the problem with the Impressionists--not accurate enough!
This would never have happened with Gainsborough or one of those PROPER painters."

~The Doctor
:D:D:D:D You all know how much I love when my fandoms overlap, and any mingling of Doctor Who and 18th century art is sure to make my day, even if it is only a matter of a passing line ( Read more... )

Morning, all. How are we doing today? I myself am still feeling rather worn, athough yesterday I had a bit of retail therapy, which went a long way towards recovering my flagging spirits, if doing little to alleviate my persistent sense of physical exhaustion. For that I'm afraid there is no remedy beyond plenty of sleep (which eluded me last ( Read more... )

From The Costumer's Guide


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Haven't done one of these in a fair bit, but I ran across this heretofore-unseen-by-me Gainsborough painting whilst hunting up the link for Mrs. Siddons, and it felt like a far more appropriate 'final post' than the previous one :p

Portrait of Maria Walplole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), in a Black Mourning ( Read more... )