Fancy affording ourselves a fleeting expedition to the late Georgian period?
We should pause to fix our gaze on this quite affable gent-perhaps only by his painter's hand, we can't be certain-and his bonny little offspring, John, a boy of 4 years in this painting by Ramsay Richard Reinagle. We're immersing ourselves in the late 1820's here, and the man we're gazing at is nobleman Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet. He's looking mighty swish in his dark, high-collared coat, waistcoat and, goodness, just check out that sumptuous cravat. The high shirt collar was extremely à la mode in the 1820's, and take a close squiz of Sir Crewe's come-hither side whiskers-aren't they quite a dream? It's clear that our subject, Sir Crewe, fancied himself a fashionable man. Little John Crewe is just as equally trendy for the time period. One day, as an older gent, he would sport sideburns so very long and bushy he nearly tripped over them.
We should pause to fix our gaze on this quite affable gent-perhaps only by his painter's hand, we can't be certain-and his bonny little offspring, John, a boy of 4 years in this painting by Ramsay Richard Reinagle. We're immersing ourselves in the late 1820's here, and the man we're gazing at is nobleman Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet. He's looking mighty swish in his dark, high-collared coat, waistcoat and, goodness, just check out that sumptuous cravat. The high shirt collar was extremely à la mode in the 1820's, and take a close squiz of Sir Crewe's come-hither side whiskers-aren't they quite a dream? It's clear that our subject, Sir Crewe, fancied himself a fashionable man. Little John Crewe is just as equally trendy for the time period. One day, as an older gent, he would sport sideburns so very long and bushy he nearly tripped over them.
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