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William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… activity. Sir William’s home thus became a hub of sociability, where people coming from far and wide could meet, exchange opinions about what they were experiencing, and network. There was something haphazard about these meetings, in … He accompanied them to excavations sites and showed them his vast collections of virtú – all occasions for sociable exchange. He was known for his considerable collections of antique vases and commissioned the ‘baron’ d’Hancarville to … Casino in Posillipo (Vigée Le Brun 177). 13 There were therefore many opportunities for visitors to congregate and exchange, many opportunities for sociability, either mediated through displays such as the young fisher boys, Emma’s …
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English theatre (and transnational sociability) [ Sports & Leisure / National & Transnational cultures / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… by his mistresses, courtiers or ambassadors. It was also a major contact point and platform for international exchanges, both as a physical space and as a virtual community. Even today, foreign visitors often consider a visit to … Crook and Thomas Dring, 1672). 10 . Some references on the subject of Francophilia include: Gesa Stedman, Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England (Burlington: Ashgate, 2013); Robin Eagles, Francophilia in English … organised around influential figures who travelled and corresponded with one another across borders. Such literary exchanges were not detached from broader geopolitical factors, whether acknowledging existing dominations or challenging …
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Menageries [ Sports & Leisure / Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… 3 that is to say with such exotic animals as the king’s elephants and the queen’s zebra. Likewise, Walpole and Mason exchanged witty letters on the zebra whose dead body was put on display at the Blue Boar Inn in York. In a letter dated 2 … unfortunate events occured at the Tower Menagerie as well as at George Wombwell’s travelling menagerie and at the Exeter Exchange owned by John Cross. Monkeys were notorious for attacking and lacerating young boys at the Tower Menagerie whose … improper and intrusive attitudes as a form of deep respect for animals. After Chunee's death the menagerie at Exeter Exchange declined in popularity and the building was demolished in 1829 marking the end of an era and thereby paving the …
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Mary Berry [ Art and Literature ]
… 2013, 40-43, 65-66; Culley). Their interaction and mutual support are documented through journal entries and epistolary exchanges, demonstrating that the two women read one another's manuscripts and supported each other's careers by helping …
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