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The Georgian Era Victorian Era 

Portrait Miniatures: Intimate Expressions of Love

June 3, 2016May 19, 2017 David James 18th-century, Jane Austen, Portrait Miniatures, Quotes

Portrait miniatures were popular among 16th-century English and French aristocrats. Spreading across Europe in the 18th century, miniatures remained very

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General 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2015December 25, 2016 David James Christmas, paintings, Quotes

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season!         … sprinkled with brandy

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Victorian Era 

10 Lessons from Queen Victoria’s Favorite Prime Minister

December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 David James Disraeli, Prime Minister, Queen Victoria, Quotes, Victorian

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 – 1881), was twice the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during Queen

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  • Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
  • Downton Abbey
  • Jane Austen's Persuasion
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy
  • Jane Austen's favorite: Mansfield Park
  • Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman
  • Colin Firth as Mr Darcy
  • 8 Heavenly Austrian Ceiling Frescoes influenced by the Sistine Chapel
  • The Changing Face of the Second Empire
  • Neuschwanstein—Castle of Dreams

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Jane Austen Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. ― Jane Austen.

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