tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post5698190869272107037..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: The Royal Academy of ArtsRachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-34614009457251334722014-03-19T23:38:29.675+00:002014-03-19T23:38:29.675+00:00I find it interesting that the founder members inc...I find it interesting that the founder members included two women. I know little about her, but it sounds like Mary Moser had a colourful life! I do not find it so odd that the nobility sometimes married their cousins because it happened several times in my family tree and they were definitely not nobility!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-34276341962233195612014-03-19T13:33:58.776+00:002014-03-19T13:33:58.776+00:00I have been studying Mary Moser, on of the two wom...I have been studying Mary Moser, on of the two women allowed to be members in the first lot. She had an affair with Richard Cosway, a miniature painter. Richard's wife was really interesting and although a devote Catholic, had an affair with Thomas Jefferson, whose wife died early in life. All these connections are fascinating to me in the same way the noble folks married their cousins. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873667509026684426noreply@blogger.com