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Explore Hardy family clothing remnants from the Dorset County Museum, showcasing 19th-century rural fashion. Discover muslin, cotton day dresses, Spanish hats, silk attire, and more. Immerse in the rural landscape through art, illustration, and photography. Dive into Hardy's literary world with references from "The Trumpet-Major," "Jude the Obscure," "Far From the Madding Crowd." Delve into the fashion and film links of Thomas Hardy's era.
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Rural Beginnings Remnants from Hardy family clothing (Dorset County Museum) Thomas Hardy, aged 16 (1840-1928)
Dress Jemima Hardy’s dress (Dorset County Museum) Muslin day dress (The Salisbury Museum) Cotton day dress (Poole Museum)
Dress She was fashionably dressed in a green spencer, with 'Mameluke' sleeves, and wore a velvet Spanish hat and feather. (The Trumpet-Major) Silk Dress, 1820s (The Salisbury Museum)
Photography Rural workers, by John Pouncy Under the Greenwood Tree by John Pouncy Thomas Hardy’s father Thomas (1811-92)
Stonemasons and Salisbury Cathedral Phillotsonentered the adjacent cathedral just now in a direly dismantled state by reason of the repairs…Jude offered him a piece of sackcloth for a cushion, and told him it was dangerous to sit on the bare block. (Jude the Obscure)
The sea Sergeant Troy near Durdle Door Far From the Madding Crowd ‘Elfrideatttempts to help Knight’ A Pair of Blue Eyes ‘Man aboard the Heather’ by Thomas Hardy, 1875
Stonehenge Inside the Circle, by Henry Moore(Wiltshire Museum) Katherine Hardy’s dress (Dorset County Museum)
Art and Illustration Trumpet-Major Notebook and illustration by Thomas Hardy (Dorset County Museum) Fashion illustration (Wilsthire Museum)
Art and Illustration Harvest Man By Bernard Gribble (Poole Museum) Emma Lavinia Hardy (Dorset County Museum)