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Marie Antoinette by Gautier-Dagoty

3 May 2020

Let’s take a look at Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty’s portrait of Marie Antoinette, which was painted in 1775 as…

Marie Antoinette and her children by Wertmüller

3 May 2020

Let’s take a closer look at this splendid portrait of Marie Antoinette walking in the gardens of the…

Marie Antoinette with her children by François Dumont

3 May 2020

Let’s take a look at this delightful miniature (19.5 x 14.3cm) portrait of Marie Antoinette with her two…

Marie Antoinette en gaulle

3 May 2020

Today’s painting by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is her delightful 1783 portrait of Marie Antoinette ‘en gaulle’,…

Countess Ekaterina Vasilievna Skavronskaya

2 May 2020

Today’s painting by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is another one of her charming portraits of the gorgeous…

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

2 May 2020

Élisabeth Louise Vigée was born in Paris on 16th April 1755, the daughter of a portraitist and a…

Countess Anna Ivanovna Tolstaya

2 May 2020

Today’s painting by Madame Vigée Le Brun is a portrait of the ‘beautiful and kind’ Countess Anna Ivanovna…

The Marquise de Pezay and the Marquise de Rougé

2 May 2020

Today’s painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is her gorgeous 1787 portrait of Caroline de Murat, Marquise de…

Julie Le Brun as Flora

2 May 2020

Today’s painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is this lovely portrait of her daughter Julie (1780-1819) as the…

Countess Ekaterina Sergeyevna

2 May 2020

Today’s painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is this delightful portrait of the Countess Ekaterina Sergeyevna with her…

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International woman of history, biographer, posh doomer, thwarted nihilist, not goth, Saint-Just fan girl, chaotic good, anxious, flame haired Robespierre, ENFP, a sweet titbit for the Devil's mouth.

Currently working hard on my fifth book - a biography of Madame Élisabeth, sister of Louis XVI.

Book six will be looking at women guillotined during the Reign of Terror, while book seven will be MY LIFE'S WORK - a biography of Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just.

(If you're wondering where the 'sweet titbit for the devil's mouth' came from - apparently John Knox wrote it about one of my ancestresses, along with calling her a 'very Jezebel'.)

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