Although Horatia was convinced that Emma was not her mother, but only her “guardian“, she remained by her side until the end. Emma, after trying to find a remedy for her battered body and to allay her moral anguish by resorting to alcohol and opium, finally sought solace in religion.She turned to the Catholic Church,… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatia in Calais (part 65)
During her reign, Elizabeth I became an icon to worship, the Protestant object of a “royal cult” intended, according to some critics, to “clash with and contest the Catholic worship of the Virgin Mary”. This cult emphasized her virginity and beauty: she was never seen without her whitened ‘mask of youth’.Some historians believe she may… Read More Queen Elizabeth I’s Death
Today would have been Man Ray’s 128th birthday. He was born in Philadelphia on August 27, 1890 , and died in France in 1976. This American surrealist photographer and painter spent most of his career in Paris. He said: “I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.” “I never knew what I was… Read More Man Ray
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