![]() Object of the Day, Museum Edition: An Italian Pou.Ībdication Kerfuffle (18) advertisement (269) Aesthetic Movement (10) Africa (4) Alfred Hitchcock (3) All My Children (11) American (298) Amethyst (53) ancient (37) Animation (37) antique (3881) Antique Image of the Day (217) Antique Painting (138) April Fools' (18) Aquamarines (19) architecture (31) Arlene Francis (1) Art (8) Art Deco (82) Art Nouveau (29) Arts and Crafts (40) At the Music Hall (213) Australia (5) Austria (23) automata (47) Balmoral (18) Baroque (11) Bas Relief (15) beaded (23) Belgium (17) Belgrave Square (2) Belgravia (8) Bertie (62) Bette Davis (40) bracelet (79) Bristol Glass (20) Britain (66) British (179) British Museum (29) bronze (54) Brooch (262) Bryan Clarke (4) Buckingham Palace (31) Building of the Week (75) Cameo (46) canary diamond (25) Card of the Day (300) Caricature (31) carnelian (30) Cartier (42) cartoon (77) Cecil Beaton (22) Celluloid (4) Ceramics (45) Chair (45) chalcedony (39) Chandelier (12) Charles I (17) Charles II (21) China (60) Chinese (36) Chinoiserie (36) chromolithograph (305) chrysoberyl (7) Cigarette Card (127) citrine (18) Classic English Antiques (40) Clocks (110) Clockwork (46) Combs (18) Coming this week (70) Commedia dell' Arte (64) commemorative (182) Contemporary (132) Cookie of the Day (18) Cookies (17) coral (46) Coronation (170) Costume (36) Covent Garden (14) Crown Jewels (25) Cruikshank (30) Crystal (56) Cupcakes (7) Dame Joan Evans (38) Decorating Tip (34) Decorative Arts (64) Delhi Durbar (10) Denmark (9) Derby (22) Diamond (44) Diamond Jubilee (33) diamonds (695) Diana (11) Dog Toby (10) dogs (103) dolls (36) drawing of the day (137) Duchess of Cambridge (7) Duchess of Teck (5) Duchess of Windsor (6) Duke of Clarence and Avondale (4) Duke of Connaught (6) Duke of Gloucester (8) Duke of Kent (15) Duke of Windsor (15) Duke of York (16) Dutch (101) E.M.The Home Beautiful: The Hermes Frog Door-knocker. ![]() Punch of Belgrave Square Will Continue Monday ![]() Print of the Day: Theatrical Leap Frog, 1804.Sunday Morning Special: Flip the Frog, 1933.History's Runway: A Walking Dress Ensemble, 1817-20.Mastery of Design: The Marret Frères et Jarry Bro.Object of the Day, Museum Edition: An Italian Lin.Figure of the Day: Il Comico, 1850-1900.Unfolding Pictures: An Italian Piqué Fan, 18th C.Painting of the Day: Portrait of Beatrice Cenci.Mastery of Design: The Castellani Etruscan Tiara.Unusual Artifacts: Samuel Hayward's Sketchbook, 1800.Drawing of the Day: The Freak's Revenge, 1907.Painting of the Day: A Design for an Inn Sign, 1700.Gifts of Grandeur: The Elkington Trophy, 1870-71.Mastery of Design: The Ashbee Turquoise Necklace.Object of the Day, Museum Edition: A Poster for t.History's Runway: Eliza's Gown from "My Fair Lady.Gifts of Grandeur: The Village Fair Snuffbox, 1768.Figure of the Day: A Victorian Fairing, 19th C.The Home Beautiful: A Gingerbread Mould, 1830-70.Mastery of Design: A French Posy Ring, 1400.Object of the Day, Museum Edition: The Duke of Ur.The Home Beautiful: A Bureau Mazarin, 1685-1700.Drawing of the Day: A Design for a Chippendale De.Gifts of Grandeur: A French Marquetry Inkstand, 1720.Mastery of Design: The Jane Morris Topaz Brooch.Gratuitous Bertie Dog Picture: The Student Bertie.It's just beautiful- due in no small part to the wearer, but it's objectively beautiful on its own. ![]() Object of the Day, Museum Edition: Mr. I've always loved the dress Audrey Hepburn wore as Eliza Doolittle in the Embassy Ball scene of My Fair Lady.Print of the Day: The Theatrical Bubble, 1805.History's Runway: Christmas and New Year's Party.Mastery of Design: The May Morris Ruby Ring, 1900.Object of the Day, Museum Edition: The Tragedy at.Drawing of the Day: The Immobile One, 1905.The Home Beautiful: The Music Room from Norfolk H.Unusual Artifacts: The George Robey Toby, c.Mastery of Design: The Hildburgh Cupids Locket, 1880.The play thus leaves it somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not she ever really achieves some of the independence she wants. At the end of the play, she stands up to Higgins and leaves him, but he is confident that she will come back to him. Eliza desires independence but finds herself under the control of men like Pickering, Higgins, and her father. In Act Five, she insists that she really has changed and cannot go back to her old way of behaving or speaking, though Higgins thinks otherwise. It is unclear to what degree she really transforms by doing this, and to what degree she merely learns to play a role. She is a quick learner, and under the teaching of Pickering and Higgins she easily learns to act like a lady and pass as a member of the upper class. While not formally well-educated, she is quick-witted and is a strong character, generally unafraid to stand up for herself. First introduced as the flower-girl in Act One, and called variously Liza, Eliza, and Miss Doolittle, Eliza is the subject of Higgins and Pickering's experiment and bet.
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