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medievalpoc: Unknown (formerly att. Johann Zoffany) Dido Elizabeth Belle Scotland (1779) oil on canvas Scone Palace, Perth (private collection of the Earl of Mansfield) Although this painting falls outside the usual scope of this blog, it is one of my favorite historical European paintings. Dido Elizabeth Belle was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and enslaved African woman named Belle. This painting was most likely commissioned by her father, the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield, and depicts the beautiful and vivacious Belle alongside her cousin, Elizabeth Murray. The first time I saw this painting was in an art history classroom, accompanied by a story regarding the dehumanization of Africans in the Unites States, and the scores of visiting Americans who were scandalized by this painting. In America and several places in Europe, contemporaneous paintings always depicted people considered Black in subservient positions in relation to people considered White, if they bothered to paint them at all. To raise a bastard daughter of color alongside legitimate heirs was antithetical to American thought. Dido Belle was raised and educated alongside the other highborn daughters of the household, and remained a favorite of the Earl and her father well into her thirties, after which an advantageous marriage was arranged. Her position in the Earl’s household supervising the poultry yards was typical for any lady of high birth at the time, but her job overseeing the lord’s correspondence was usually a task reserved for a highly educated male clerk or scribe and is evidence of her importance and elevated rank. She received an allowance of £30 per year, more than any except the heiress herself and a sum unheard of at the time for any illegitimate daughter. Upon Lord Mansfield’s death in 1788, Belle was furnished with a £500 lump sum in addition to a £100 annuity, as well as a suitable marriage to John Davinier, with whom she had three children. In Mansfield’s will, her status as a free person was carefully confirmed, since many would have been all too happy to divest her of her fortune. Belle died in 1804 and was interred in St. George’s Fields, the parish to which she and her husband belonged. My interest in this story was renewed recently when I learned that an upcoming film, Belle (currently in production), will be a dramatized biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle’s life. The titular role will be played by South African actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw. [x] [x] [x] [x]
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medievalpoc:

Unknown (formerly att. Johann Zoffany)

Dido Elizabeth Belle

Scotland (1779)

oil on canvas

Scone Palace, Perth (private collection of the Earl of Mansfield)

Although this painting falls outside the usual scope of this blog, it is one of my favorite historical European paintings. Dido Elizabeth Belle was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and enslaved African woman named Belle.

This painting was most likely commissioned by her father, the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield, and depicts the beautiful and vivacious Belle alongside her cousin, Elizabeth Murray.

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The first time I saw this painting was in an art history classroom, accompanied by a story regarding the dehumanization of Africans in the Unites States, and the scores of visiting Americans who were scandalized by this painting. In America and several places in Europe, contemporaneous paintings always depicted people considered Black in subservient positions in relation to people considered White, if they bothered to paint them at all. To raise a bastard daughter of color alongside legitimate heirs was antithetical to American thought.

Dido Belle was raised and educated alongside the other highborn daughters of the household, and remained a favorite of the Earl and her father well into her thirties, after which an advantageous marriage was arranged.

Her position in the Earl’s household supervising the poultry yards was typical for any lady of high birth at the time, but her job overseeing the lord’s correspondence was usually a task reserved for a highly educated male clerk or scribe and is evidence of her importance and elevated rank. She received an allowance of £30 per year, more than any except the heiress herself and a sum unheard of at the time for any illegitimate daughter.

Upon Lord Mansfield’s death in 1788, Belle was furnished with a £500 lump sum in addition to a £100 annuity, as well as a suitable marriage to John Davinier, with whom she had three children. In Mansfield’s will, her status as a free person was carefully confirmed, since many would have been all too happy to divest her of her fortune.

Belle died in 1804 and was interred in St. George’s Fields, the parish to which she and her husband belonged.

My interest in this story was renewed recently when I learned that an upcoming film, Belle (currently in production), will be a dramatized biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle’s life. The titular role will be played by South African actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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pooritalianfan: wildparsnip: ruthlessdutchman: copyx: serketcision: ju5t4n3rd: swagabonds: original-recipe-winnafish: preservedcucumbers: There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey. Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on. i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies! Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour. If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself. (I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.) Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey! actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.
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wildparsnip:

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There are two things in life that I am truly passionate about: Comics, and honey.

Just don’t give it to babies and small children especially raw, okay? Okay. Carry on.

i dont even like honey and i suddenly like honey

Also!!! If you have seasonal allergies, buying local honey from a farmers market or something can help tone down your allergies! The honey is made from bees in your area that have been pollinating with those same flowers and plants that are making your nose try to kill you! So by eating local honey, you automatically have a natural immunization against your seasonal allergies!

Honey also makes a really good sweetener, especially for tea. Put a bit in and it really enhances the flavour.

If you ‘don’t like honey’, try honey made from specific flower varieties! Clover honey is the most common, but things like wildflower honey, sage honey, etc all are out there, and whatever the bees got the honey from lends a little bit of different flavor! I’m a huge fan of sage honey, myself.

(I even had poison ivy honey once and it was legit as fuck.)

Wait honey tastes different depending on the FLOWER?? I gotta buy some more honey!

actually the only way in which honey can go bad is if it comes in contact (and stays in contact) with water. if water gets inside the jar, the honey is doomed to be infested with bacteria. so always close the honey container if you value your life

God I love honey. Especially acacia and chestnut. And cool mead is one of my very fav thing to drink in summer. And honey with propolis is the best thing ever when you have a sore throat or a cold.

You’re single because you’re single. It’s not because you texted too much or too little or waited 33 minutes to respond because he took 23. It’s not because you met up with your ex that night at 5 a.m. that no one knows about, or because you kissed another boy after a date with a loser.

You’re not single because you spit food on that date or tripped coming out the the movie theatre. You’re not single because you hurt your first boyfriend really badly when you were 15 or because you have yet, to this day, to apologize. It’s not because you were secretly jealous when your friend got a boyfriend or that a guy you dated for two months now has a really cute girlfriend and looks really happy. And you’re happy for him. But still ill that he found someone before you.

You’re not single because you slept with your ex boyfriend. You’re not single because half the world found out when you didn’t even want to remember it yourself. You’re not single because you think the guy your friend wants to hook you up with is ugly or not tall enough. It’s not because you’re not willing to put up with someone who doesn’t brush their teeth on a regular basis.

You’re not single because your standards are too high. Good for you for having standards. It’s not because you didn’t like that really, really good guy who wanted to take you on a date and you just weren’t feeling it. And it’s not because you like to wear pajama pants as soon as you get home and wash all the makeup off your face. You’re not single because you didn’t learn enough from the past or would rather chill on a Friday night with your blanket and a cold beer than shower, get ready, and go out. You’re not single because something is wrong with you.

You are single because you are single. It’s really as simple as that. You haven’t made the connection with another heart yet. You can get dolled up, dress cute, cut your hair, dye your hair, tweeze your eyebrows, put on lipstick and you may still. be. single. You can go out to a bar hoping to meet the love of your life and not find a damn one in the place attractive. And it’s going to remain that way until it’s time for you to find one. Stop hoping for it. Start living the life that you do have instead of wishing for things that you don’t have. There will come a time you’ll meet a boy and you’ll have to give up some of this single freedom you currently have. Start being more thankful. Start doing that now.

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