By Sargent of course. Who else does one go to?
All things Edwardian and Scottish, complied by historical novelist Harriet Smart.
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September 29, 2011
Edwardian Scots aristos: 1. The Duchess of Sutherland
September 29, 2011
You see, Miss Honeychurch knows how to dress for an Indian summer
( from gasstation ) Helena Bonham Carter in A Room with a View (1985)
(via seafaeries)
September 29, 2011
Too warm for tweed…
It is unseasonably and unreasonably warm in Edinburgh today. Time to put away the tweed coat and skirt at least for the time being. Time for something a little cooler…
(from http://pastperfectvintage.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html)
or perhaps this, a rather nice linen walking costume, the essential counterpart to the tweed coat and skirt.
September 28, 2011
Utterly stunning. According to wiki he served as an intelligence officer during the Great War and won the Military Cross. I think Sherlock Holmes would have approved.
Basil Rathbone in a kilt
September 28, 2011
Olga and Alexei
Last known photo of the Tsaravitch and Grand Duchess Olga on the steamer in 1918 which took them to Ekaterinburg.
September 28, 2011
September 27, 2011
September 27, 2011
The Dome and the Museumsinsel around 1910, Berlin
September 27, 2011
(From http://thefalseknight.tumblr.com/)
This is a bedroom at Penrhyn Castle in North Wales, the castle I moved to the Western Isles of Scotland for my third novel The Daughters of Blane. The novel was also inspired by this painting by Sargent:
which then inspired the cover of the original hardback:
If you like the problematic relationship between the Crawley sisters in Downton Abbey, then you might enjoy this novel. Although it is set in 1890’s rather than in Edwardian Scotland, the frocks are still excellent.
September 27, 2011
This splendid chap is not strictly of the period (1930’s) I think but very much in the spirit of the turn of the century in a bohemian, rustic way. (from http://www.thesartorialist.com/vintage-photos/vintage-photos-34/)
