- The Polynesian ‘Prince’ Who Took 18th-Century England by Storm
In the painting, we see a handsome, barefoot young man from the South Pacific, garbed in a flowing robe and standing before a tropical arcadian landscape
- 15 Attractive Men From History That Bewitched Us With Their Good Looks
Poet William Butler Yeats described him as the “handsomest man in England,” and even John Gillespie Magee, Jr went on to write a piece about him called Sonnet to Rupert Brooke
- Is this the real face of Bonnie Prince Charlie? - Tatler
‘Bonnie’ Prince Charlie was, as his nickname suggests, famous for his ravishing good looks However a new wax bust of the 18th-century royal has revealed that Prince Charles Edward Stuart might not have been as handsome as legend – and art – would have the world believe
- Body beautiful: in search of 18th-century male ideal
Who did they idolise and what was the role of families, friends and public discourses in establishing body ideals? Known as the ‘most handsome man in England’, the 9 th Earl of Lincoln was also compared to Hercules by his friends Were they referring to a certain body type or ability alongside all other cultural connotations of this name?
- 14 of the most Handsome Kings - Discover Walks Blog
In this time and age, it might seem shallow, or even wrong, to rank the most handsome kings However, that’s exactly what’s happening here We are going to be swooning over ridiculously good-looking kings both in history and in the present 1 King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, of Bhutan
- Handsome Prince Pictures, Images and Stock Photos
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- How Art Has Depicted the Ideal Male Body throughout History
For more than two centuries, the traits associated with the European aristocratic man have been held up, whether consciously or not, as the sex’s most desirable Thus, Humphrey Bogart, playing a down-and-out detective in the 1946 film noir The Big Sleep , looked more like a prince than a palooka
- The real Bridgerton: 6 Black aristocrats from British history
The star of the show is the dashingly handsome Simon Duke of Hastings; a ladies’ man, Oxford graduate and wealthy landowner There is a real precedent for such a person in the form of Nathaniel Wells, a Black man who in 1803 owned 2,200 acres of land in Chepstow and a stately home that still stands today
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