Wednesday 26 September 2012

Chatsworth Research

I want to use this visit to help me with the Rake's Progress. As the history of chatsworth goes through the 18th century i want to look at the painting and portraits from the relevant era to see what clothing they would have been wearing. I can then use this information and the pictures that i have taken to use it as a basis for the first designs that i will do in my costume sessions.

portraits to look at:
-William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
-William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
-Katherine Hoskins, Duchess of Devonshire
-Portrait of Lady Charlotte Boyle, Marchioness of Hartington
-Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork

All of these people were alive through the year of 1733, which is the same year as A Rake's Progress was painted, so i particularly want to look at the clothing in these five.

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