Historic homes are a pleasant fiction. Most held generations of families or were sold more than once. They may have been gutted or had plumbing and heating installed. To restore them back to a particular year seems impossible. How do you know how they were before? First, what walls have been moved/removed? What going on […]
Read more "An Adventure"So there’s THIS guy. He’s hiding in the background of William Sidney Mount’s Rustic Dance After A Sleigh Ride. The suit is damn fresh, but check out the pleats in those trousers. Early 19th century fashion went bonkers with trousers. There were tight, lower-calf hugging Pantaloons, Moschettos with feet or shoe tops like overalls. Breeches […]
Read more "Cossacks"The 1758 Forbes Campaign will always be one of my favorites. Pants are optional, no uniforms for the Virginians. Instead, there is comfy Indian dress. Shooting with paper cartridges and the powder horn, while moving quickly, is great practice. Bad news: the company that produces the collar eagles for the Oxford Light Infantry uniform no […]
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