VI: Pamela Shows Mr. Williams A Hiding Place For Their Letters, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; Fitzwilliam Museum M.Add.8 When Pamela got into Mr. B's carriage, she thought she would be taken to her parents' house, but in fact she was driven to Mr. B's other estate in Lincolnshire. Before she was under the chaperonage of Mrs. … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Six
Category: 1740s
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Five
V: Pamela Leaves Mr. B's House in Bedfordshire, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; Fitzwilliam Museum M.Add.7 Finally, finally, Pamela's starts and stops and Mr. B's waylayings result in Pamela climbing into his coach to be driven home. But Letter XXXII begins with Pamela bewailing her fate, before taking a step back to the time when she thought … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Five
Painting Costume Analysis : Pamela Series, Part Four
(For a clothing-related painting, you get a post that is chock-full of clothing-related quotes!) IV: Pamela Preparing to Go Home, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; National Gallery of Victoria 1115-3 A little recap: in the first few letters, Mr. B was very generous with his late mother's things. (Letter VI) My master has been very kind since … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis : Pamela Series, Part Four
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Three
III: Pamela Fainting, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; National Gallery of Victoria 1114-3 This painting depicts one of Mr. B's nighttime attempts on Pamela's virtue. He was hidden in the room and waited as Pamela undressed for bed: (Letter XXV) I pulled off my stays, and my stockings, and all my clothes to an under-petticoat; and then … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Three
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Two
II: Pamela and Mr. B in the Summerhouse, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; Fitzwilliam Museum M.Add.6 After the first letter, Mr. B began to make presents to Pamela of his late mother's clothes. As the kind housekeeper, Mrs. Jervis (who is "a gentlewoman born, though she has had misfortunes"), told her that she was so pretty any … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Two
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