The nun and the big gold crosses also look v strange when one recalls the novel's setting is around the time of the Gordon Riots, pre-Catholic Emancipation. Yes, there were recusant families in Yorkshire, but they weren't showy abt it, obviously… #18CHistory #18C

Delaplace, portrait of Maximilien Robespierre (c. 1790), BNF: Pencil drawing of a young man wearing a powdered wig, cravat, frilled shirt and high-collared coat.

Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, Physionotrace grand trait of Maximilien Robespierre (1792), Versailles: Drawing in profile of a young man wearing a powdered wig, cravat, waistcoat and high-collared coat. His natural hair, tied with a bow, is visible at the back under the wig.

Claude-André Deseine, Terracotta bust of Maximilien Robespierre (1791), Musée de la Révolution Française, Vizille: close-up of a bust of a young man wearing a powdered wig, cravat and high-collared coat. (Photo from WikiMediaCommons)

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