Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… Jean-Étienne Liotard, ‘Lady Montagu in Turkish dress’, Wikimedia Commons, 1756. Image William Henry Brooke, ‘The anti-royal menagerie’, Wikimedia Commons, 1812. Image George Stubbs, ‘Lion and Lioness’, Museum of Fine Arts, M. Theresa B … great variety of exotic goods (including china, silk, perfumes, and precious stones), giving lustre to those members of society whose aim was to exhibit social and political status, as well as international reputation. 1 . See Peter Mason, … A. Millar & T. Caddel, 1767), p. 381-382. Exotic gardens as sites of sociability Members of the nobility and the royal family were interested in exotic plants notably from the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and China, …
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