Behold, my darling internet- A world in which you can sleep soundly, thanks to your 1000-thread count feather duvet and the family fortune that bought it. Yes, congratulations are in order. You, you lucky thing, have come into some old money money. I'm talking Kennedys. I'm talking Rockefellers. Today, however, you don't need to worry about toxic family politics or the ethics of sharing a genetic code with the mega-rich. All you have to do is sit back and luxuriate in the opulent comfort of your good fortune (!)
So, let your grandfather yelling "WE PRACTICALLY BUILT THIS COUNTRY" fade to the back of your mind for now, and gaze upon some artwork which your family probably owns already anyway.
Gaston La Touche, The Masquerade Ball - Grand Opera, Paris
Arthur Hughes, April Love, ca. 1855
John Constable, Wivenhoe Park, Essex, 1816
Adolph Menzel, The Dinner at the Ball, 1878
Marguerite Gérard, Prelude to a Concert, 1810
Edgar Degas, The Millinery Shop, 1879/86
Johann Georg Platzer, Palace Interior with Dancing Scene, 1730-1735
James Tissot, Portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, née Thérèse Feuillant, 1866
As always, huge shoutout to Google Arts & Culture for the endless browsing and, um, screenshotting.
Stay healthy and wealthy,
Helen
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