New event 🚨🚨 On 5/9 @ 5:30 join Andrew Urban @afroshedoc Chris Rasmussen (Fairleigh Dickinson) and others for a public mtg on the New Brunswick/North Brunswick High Schools Public Memory Project. RSVP: dh.rutgers.edu/event/public-m… #publichistory

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On a recent visit to the Wallace collection in London, I viewed this Boucher masterpiece, The Rising of the Sun. Thus began a search for the most evocative images of the rising sun featuring Auroro and/or the sun god Apollo. Stay tuned for daily bursts of loveliness.

Day two of dawn inspiration: Guido Reni's "The Aurora" (1614) in Rome.

Nicolas Poussin, Cephalus and Aurora (1627-1630), National Gallery, London

DAILY ART FACT: UK Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was a trained artist and in 1907 created several watercolours depicting women workers in factories, mills and potteries to highlight working women’s rights, their pay and conditions.

French Art Nouveau department store Galeries Lafayette in 1912, Paris, France.

I’m so glad this exhibition which has been planned since back when I was head conservator is finally approaching! It features only collection objects, all by women, curated by women, and the conservation program ran by a woman! 🔥🔥🔥

Love these lions from 17th-century embroideries (not tapestry). A few years ago I made a collage of my favourite 17th-century embroidered lions and it feels fitting to bring it back to give the Ashmolean Museum lions company. Go Lionesses! 🦁

No historian alive today was untouched by her NZD's distinctive historical vision, not to mention her warmth, generosity, and charm. She has forever changed the questions we ask and how we do history. nytimes.com/2023/10/23/boo…

So excited to share the film that Hannah Williams and I wrote, produced, and made with an amazing team at the National Gallery, including Fran Whitlum-Cooper, Amber Akaunu, Alessandro Sorenti, and the brilliant poet Madeleine Le Cesne: youtube.com/watch?v=XEjL4N…

We’re sending out festive cheer and best wishes for the #NewYear with this amazing champagne bottle fancy dress costume! This fabulous ensemble in the style of a #VeuveClicquot champagne bottle was first worn by Ada Power to parties in Ireland during the early 1900s 🍾

Dress designed by Anne Fogarty, 1968. Cotton. ⁣ Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art Gift of Mrs. N. William Winkelman, Jr., 1972

A little tartan treat for all those celebrating #BurnsNight this evening! This red, green and cream silk satin evening dress by London-based dressmaker Madame Elise was worn by Queen Alexandra in about 1870, and shows off the newly fashionable bustle silhouette.

Chris Rasmussen's foray into the local history of 18th-century New Brunswick, "Creating a Local Notable" Brigadier General Anthony Walton White: njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/njs/…

#Frockingfabulous birthday salute to #MaryQuant: From 1967, this gorgeous suit uses William Morris’ “Marigold” to make a splash. #Fashionhistory via the V&A.

❤️ Happy Valentines Day ❤️ This romantic c. 1837 red silk moiré dress would make the perfect evening dress for a Gothic novel heroine! From the The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. #Fashionhistory #ValentinesDay

Emilio Pucci designed a bikini, 1956, inspired by the Roman mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale (4th century AD) in Sicily, Italy.

The catalogue has arrived, the installation is nearly complete, and it’s looking fabulous. ‘Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920’ Tate opens next week!

Hi Friends, I'll be over on Bluesky from now on. Follow me at jemjones.bsky.social