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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Miniature Portraits of Lady and Lord Mousehole, by Comtesse de Guerre, 1810 #art #artsky #regencyera

Two Regency era miniature portraits of a young lady wearing a white dress with red tignon wrapped at the back of her hair (left) and a young viscount with golden spectacles and a pearl earring on his right ear wearing a blue coat (right)

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Portrait of Nicholas Gaylord Hamilton Perkins, 2nd Earl of St Ives, by Florian Cullen, 1835 #artsky #art

A portrait of a Whig politician in his mid 40s with a red background contrasting his blue coat and trousers whilst wearing an orange cravat and yellow waistcoat that represents his political party. His left hand is placed on a stand with the portrait of his father being hidden away from the shadows.

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Portrait of Admiral Robert Perkins, 7th Baron Perkins, by Sir Lawrence Campbell, 1791 #art #artsky

A half body painting portrait of an old Royal Navy officer in the 1790s with Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on his left breast and a red sash

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Puissions-nous faire du bien aux gens

Arms: Argent on a bend cotised or three Cornish choughs proper

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Portrait of Charles Perkins, 8th Baron Perkins, by unknown, c. 1806-07

A Regency era full body portrait of a nobleman with Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on his left breast and a red sash

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Portrait of Admiral George Hughes Perkins, 1st Earl of St Ives, by unknown, 1808

A full body portrait of an admiral from the Royal Navy, standing with a cane on his right hand and peg leg on the right whilst holding his hat by his left hand. He wore a large Naval Golden Medal around his neck, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on his left breast and a red sash.

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Happy 235th birthday Lord Nicholas Gaylord Cornwallis-Perkins, also known as Viscount Mousehole in The Viscount and The Playwright

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A new episode of The Viscount and The Playwright has been dropped October 1809 (new episode): tapas.io/episode/3351... The Viscount and The Playwright (16+): tapas.io/series/The-V...

A letter written by Gilbert O'Vile to Viscount Mousehole

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

A playbill for Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and "Morticius & Urius", 28th of June 1809 The Viscount and The Playwright (16+): tapas.io/series/The-V...

The text of this Regency era playbill follows:

For a BENEFIT of
MR. O'VILE
Being his LAST APPEARANCE this Season.

THEATRE ROYAL, READING.
On WEDNESDAY evening, 28th of Junr, 1809, will be presented,
THE TRAGEDY, of,
JULIUS CAESAR.

JULIUS CAESAR, by Mr. O'VILE
Cassius, by Mr. MEDDOWS
Brutus, by Mr. CLEMENT
Mark Anthony, by Mr. RALSEIGH
Casca, by Mr. DE GUZMAN
Octavius, by Mr. ROGERS
Trebonius, by Mr. JOHNSON
Decius, by Mr. MACDONALD
Metellus, by Mr. FITZWILLIAM
Titinnius, by Mr. FLOPPERS
Cinna, by Mr. OLDMAN
Varro, by Mr. DE LA CRUZ
Pinadarus, by Mr. HAROLD
Soothsayer, by Mr. SMITH
Popillius Lenas, by Mr. JONES
Servius, by Mr. PARKER
Lucius, by Mr. VILLERS
Flavius, by Mr. HOLMES
Porcia, by Ms. KNOWLES
Calphurnia, by Mrs. DE ST GERMAINE.

To which will be added, a Comic Farce Act of
Morticius and Urius.

Morticius, by Mr. DE ST GERMAINE
Urius, by Mr. FITZCHARLES
Sillius, by Mr. HOLMES
Tullius, by Mr. ROBERTS
Normius, by Mr. SOMERSET
Octavius, by Mr. FALKES
Tallius, by Mr. OLDMAN
Termilius, by Mr. PARKER
Robius, by Ms. RALSEIGH
Urania, by Ms. DOWNER
Sellia, by Ms. AUSTIN
Tulia, by Mrs. DE ST GERMAINE.

BOXES, 30. PIT, 20. GALLERY, 10, 6d.

TICKETS to be had of MR O’VILE; of Sir Seamus O’Vile, Bt.; of the Marquis de Guerre; and of Mr de St Germaine, at the Theatre where the Places for the Boxes may be taken from Four to Nine.

The text of this black-and-white Regency era playbill follows:

For a BENEFIT of
MR. O'VILE
Being his LAST APPEARANCE this Season.

THEATRE ROYAL, READING.
On WEDNESDAY evening, 28th of Junr, 1809, will be presented,
THE TRAGEDY, of,
JULIUS CAESAR.

JULIUS CAESAR, by Mr. O'VILE
Cassius, by Mr. MEDDOWS
Brutus, by Mr. CLEMENT
Mark Anthony, by Mr. RALSEIGH
Casca, by Mr. DE GUZMAN
Octavius, by Mr. ROGERS
Trebonius, by Mr. JOHNSON
Decius, by Mr. MACDONALD
Metellus, by Mr. FITZWILLIAM
Titinnius, by Mr. FLOPPERS
Cinna, by Mr. OLDMAN
Varro, by Mr. DE LA CRUZ
Pinadarus, by Mr. HAROLD
Soothsayer, by Mr. SMITH
Popillius Lenas, by Mr. JONES
Servius, by Mr. PARKER
Lucius, by Mr. VILLERS
Flavius, by Mr. HOLMES
Porcia, by Ms. KNOWLES
Calphurnia, by Mrs. DE ST GERMAINE.

To which will be added, a Comic Farce Act of
Morticius and Urius.

Morticius, by Mr. DE ST GERMAINE
Urius, by Mr. FITZCHARLES
Sillius, by Mr. HOLMES
Tullius, by Mr. ROBERTS
Normius, by Mr. SOMERSET
Octavius, by Mr. FALKES
Tallius, by Mr. OLDMAN
Termilius, by Mr. PARKER
Robius, by Ms. RALSEIGH
Urania, by Ms. DOWNER
Sellia, by Ms. AUSTIN
Tulia, by Mrs. DE ST GERMAINE.

BOXES, 30. PIT, 20. GALLERY, 10, 6d.

TICKETS to be had of MR O’VILE; of Sir Seamus O’Vile, Bt.; of the Marquis de Guerre; and of Mr de St Germaine, at the Theatre where the Places for the Boxes may be taken from Four to Nine.

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Artworks shown in the recent episode of The Viscount and The Playwright: Left: A Portrait of Gilbert O'Vile and his cockatoo, 1807 Right: Margaret Lennox as Proserpine, 1794 The Viscount and The Playwright (16+): tapas.io/series/The-V...

A painted portrait of Gilbert O'Vile (implied to be seated) with Camilla the Cockatoo on his left shoulder

A portrait of Margaret Lennox with her hair partially covered with a long blue cloth

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

I decided to drop the cover of The Viscount and The Playwright featuring an alternative version of it tapas.io/series/The-V...

Cover of "The Diaries of Viscount Mousehole: The Viscount and The Playwright" featuring an engraving of a letter, a diary, and quill dipped on an ink bottle

An alternative cover of "The Diaries of Viscount Mousehole: The Viscount and The Playwright" featuring an engraving of a letter, a diary, and quill dipped on an ink bottle, but the outline is white unlike the former which is golden

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Lord Mousehole owned a copy of an early edition of "A Romance of Pluto and Proserpine", but little did he know that he will be meeting the author that would end up in a turbulent relationship with him (First episode coming on Tapas on this Saturday/Sunday)

A monochrome book title page with the text in capital letters in Libre Baskerville font:

Pluto and Proserpine,
A Romance,
Miscellaneous plays, poems, etc.

By Gilbert O'Vile,
Author of Juno and Jove, etc.

Volume 1

London:
Printed for J. and T. Oldson
1798

(Note: Characters and names featured above is a work of fiction)

An antique book title page with the text in capital letters in Libre Baskerville font:

Pluto and Proserpine,
A Romance,
Miscellaneous plays, poems, etc.

By Gilbert O'Vile,
Author of Juno and Jove, etc.

Volume 1

London:
Printed for J. and T. Oldson
1798

(Note: Characters and names featured above is a work of fiction)

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Mick/Mikay (they/she/he) @mysterymickc.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Lady Désirée de Guerre and Viscount Mousehole (1810)

A miniature portrait of Lady Désirée de Guerre

A miniature portrait of Viscount Mousehole

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Mysteries of the Miseries @mickc-motm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Viscount Mousehole as Ganymede, by Sir Lawrence Campbell, 1809. The Viscount and The Playwright (16+): tapas.io/series/The-V... #Illustration #Painting #Art

A painted illustration of Lord Mousehole as Ganymede who is partially covered in blue cloth on the right side of his shoulder. The brown table displayed a golden jar and a golden cup beside him.

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