18th-century satire: displaying political...
Preventative Conservator Laurie Gibbs looks after the Works of Art on Paper collections for Historic Royal...
Tag: 18th Century
The Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle
The Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle was originally built in the 18th century. Now, work is...
Waking up Kew Palace
Every spring we wake up Kew Palace from its winter sleep and get it ready for...
Let Them Glow: Lighting Kensington Palace
As curators, we spend a lot of the time immersed in libraries and archives. Research is certainly...
The Empress and the Gardener: an unlikely story...
This week we opened the Empress and the Gardener, an exhibition of a unique set of...
Starting out as a Curatorial Intern
My first few months as a Curatorial Intern have been a whirlwind of meeting new people,...
Georgian Celebrity and Gossip
It’s thanks to parliamentary oversight that we have enjoyed a free, uncensored press in Britain. In...
And then there was Fred…
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1735) by Jacopo Amigioni Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...
Introducing…. Queen Caroline of Ansbach
Let me introduce you to Queen Caroline of Ansbach, the wife of King George II. She...
Fiddles & Dancing at George II’s Court
The court of George II and Queen Caroline was animated by minuets, country dances and arias...