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The painting is an oil-on-canvas painting and measures 59 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 39 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (151 by 100 cm). [1] It depicts the British monarch King George VI with his consort Queen Elizabeth and their two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, taking afternoon tea in the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park. [1]
The Shelbourne’s 200th Birthday Afternoon Tea includes recipes from the hotel's archives — some dating 16 years before the first afternoon tea — all with a modern update. The 1824 recipe for ...
A tea tray with elements of an afternoon tea. English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late ...
Marissa Wu. Price: from $90/person Address: 35 East 76th St. (Upper East Side) “The Gallery at The Carlyle an incredibly intimate space—I think there were 10 to 15 tables total in the dining room.
The American artist Mary Cassatt painted The Cup of Tea in Paris ca. 1879–1881. The painting depicts Mary's sister Lydia Cassatt in a typical, upper class-Parisian ritual of afternoon tea. [ 1 ] Scholars have observed that Cassatt's choice to employ vivid colors, loose brushstrokes, and novel perspective to portray the scene makes it a ...
Started by a peckish Duchess one afternoon in 1840, this tradition of snacking on an elegant spread of tea and treats became a centuries-long English tradition that's still valued by people around ...
Afternoon Tea (French: Le goûter) is an 1880 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Marie Bracquemond. It is a portrait of the artist's half-sister Louise Quivoron, who often served as a model for her paintings, reading in a garden at Bracquemond's home in the Parisian suburb of Sèvres. The work was shown during an exhibition in 1919 and ...
Sketch is a restaurant at 9 Conduit Street in Mayfair, London, England, which opened in 2003. The restaurant is owned by Mourad Mazouz, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the head chef is Pierre Gagnaire . [ 4 ] The cuisine is described as ' New French ', and is a loose adaptation of the cuisine served in Gagnaire's three Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris and ...