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a painting of a woman in a pink dress

1760 Allan Ramsay Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll & 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon. Born Elizabeth Gunning in Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, she was the daughter of John Gunning of Castle Coote, County Roscommon and his wife, Hon. Bridget Bourke, daughter of Theobald Bourke (1681-1741), 6th Viscount Mayo. Elizabeth's elder sister was Maria Gunning. In late 1740 or early 1741, the Gunning family returned to John Gunning's ancestral home in Ireland, where they divided their time…

a painting of a woman in a blue dress with a fur stole around her neck

Did you know that some of the world's most renowned fashion designers like Cartier, Chanel, Hermes, Dior, Balmain, YSL, Chloe, and Celine all started in France? French designers have been influential in dominating the fashion world. When you think of France, you probably think of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, and then FASHION! France, but more specifically, Paris, is the hub of the fashion industry, likely the fashion capital. But why is that so? Fashion in Paris dates all the way back to the…

a painting of a woman in an elegant dress

Wissing was a Dutch artist who came to London in 1676, studied with Sir Peter Lely and effectively took over the business for the seven years between Lely’s death in 1680 and his own in 1687 (aged only thirty one). All the works by Wissing in the Royal Collection date from this period. This is one of a pair of portraits (OM 321 and 323, 405644 and 404449) of the Prince and Princess of Orange commissioned by her father, James II, who sent Wissing to Holland in 1685 to execute them. Constantyn…

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