Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York…
Picture the scene 222 years ago this month: a contingent of many thousands of men, led by the second son of his illustrious majesty King… Read More »Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York…
Picture the scene 222 years ago this month: a contingent of many thousands of men, led by the second son of his illustrious majesty King… Read More »Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York…
I make no apology for ‘plugging’ the website of what used to be Hamptons Antiques – now simply known as “Mark Goodger” – because some… Read More »A pair of exquisite Henry Clay tea caddies…
I came across this lovely Rowlandson on the ever-helpful Lewis Walpole Library site. The gushingly effusive visitor mistakes the man-servant for the nurse, and the… Read More »Reminiscences on visiting new-borns, or “A Lying-in Visit, or a Short Sighted Mistake”
One of the most extraordinary museums I have ever visited was the highly evocative house of Dennis Severs at 18 Folgate Street in London. Each… Read More »A Spitalfields Journey … and a duet of museums.
I thought that for a change I would simply list some of the expenses incurred by my ancestor in 1774, so as to show how… Read More »Expenses, 1774 – the cost of giving and the cost of living.