searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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by Ruth A. Symes Advert for Sutherland Macdonald tattooing studio, London, 1905. Via Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain. [[File:Poster for Sutherland Macdonald tattoo studio (ca.1905).jpg|Poster_for_Sutherland_Macdonald_tattoo_studio_(ca._1905)]] [A version of this article was first published in Who Do You think You Are ? Magazine, 2012] The desire to self-decorate is not a modern phenomenon, nor is... Continue Reading →
By Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Fragment of a larger portrait. But is this Emily or Anne? National Portrait Gallery via Wikimedia Commons [A version of this article was first published in the family history press in 2018] With the recent release of the latest... Continue Reading →
Portrait of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, by Léon Bonnat, engraved by Synnberg Photo-Gravure Company, Chicago, published by Open Court Company, Chicago, 1898. Via WikimediaCommons. in the Public Domain. [[File:Portrait of Hippolyte Taine by Bonnat.jpg|Portrait_of_Hippolyte_Taine_by_Bonnat]] In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance... Continue Reading →
