Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds – Vale Women of Influence
Usually on holidays at this time of year, I had to add my voice to those lamenting the sad loss of Carrie Fisher and her mum Debbie Reynolds, women of influence
Women of Influence
Diane de Poitiers – Moon Mistress and Woman of Influence
Wearing black and white was a statement of style for the mistress of Henri II of France Diane de Poitiers who adopted Goddess Diana’s crescent moon as a symbol
Jeanne Antoinette Marquise de Pompadour – Woman of Influence
French painter François Boucher produced many of the images we have of Jeanne Antoinette, Marquise de Pompadour, official Mistress of King Louis XV of France
Angelica Kauffmann Artist – A Woman of Influence & Style
In the eighteenth century women usually painted under assumed male names and often their work was re-signed and copied by unscrupulous collectors and dealers.
Empress Josephine at Château Malmaison – Woman of Influence
An impressive woman, Josephine (as Napoleon decided she should be known), aided his route to power and had a profound influence on the future of horticulture