Alyssa Myers
@alyssamyers.bsky.social
3rd year PhD student - CDA with MMU & English Heritage - 18th c. Suburban London Villa - #social history, #material culture, #ceramics
Kitty? Detail from John Rocque’s 1736 ‘Plan of the House Gardens Park and Hermitage of Their Majesty’s at Richmond and of the Prince of Wales’s at Kew’ - @rbgkew.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Kitty? Detail from John Rocque’s 1736 ‘Plan of the House Gardens Park and Hermitage of Their Majesty’s at Richmond and of the Prince of Wales’s at Kew’ - @rbgkew.bsky.social
For the less spooky side of Halloween @rbgkew.bsky.social, I stumbled across this fun costume idea @britishmuseum.bsky.social! It is a colored drawing by James Roberts II of a tightrope dancer, w/ the Kew pagoda in the background (1799).
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For the less spooky side of Halloween @rbgkew.bsky.social, I stumbled across this fun costume idea @britishmuseum.bsky.social! It is a colored drawing by James Roberts II of a tightrope dancer, w/ the Kew pagoda in the background (1799).
Happy Halloween! Nothing says ‘haunted house’ like Merlin’s Cave that was once in @rbgkew.bsky.social. Built by William Kent for Queen Caroline, the Gothic structure featured 6 life-sized wax figures and spooky bookcases with vellum-bound books. (Image from Edmund Curll’s ‘Rarities of Richmond’.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy Halloween! Nothing says ‘haunted house’ like Merlin’s Cave that was once in @rbgkew.bsky.social. Built by William Kent for Queen Caroline, the Gothic structure featured 6 life-sized wax figures and spooky bookcases with vellum-bound books. (Image from Edmund Curll’s ‘Rarities of Richmond’.)
I’m just under 3 months into my placement with @rbgkew.bsky.social where I am putting together a finding aid for Kew’s pre-1840s archival history. Here’s a sneak peek at how the ‘images’ portion is progressing! (86 pages and counting)
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m just under 3 months into my placement with @rbgkew.bsky.social where I am putting together a finding aid for Kew’s pre-1840s archival history. Here’s a sneak peek at how the ‘images’ portion is progressing! (86 pages and counting)
Call for Papers! 📣 I have the full PDF if anyone is interested.
October 20, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Call for Papers! 📣 I have the full PDF if anyone is interested.
Fascinating talk held by Global Interchange today!
October 20, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Fascinating talk held by Global Interchange today!