The Formal-Dress-Required Picnic. Clothing and social status have always been closely linked. In the 19th century, that meant being elaborately clothed according to one’s actual or desired station in life. This created some gloriously contrasting images, from an almost Impressionistic moment by the Warrego River to a group of carefully-gowned women enduring the prickly grassesContinue reading “A grand day for a picnic.”
Stories from our past
