Dr Katie Aske

Thank you Lisa!

A book cover for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a cultural history of female beauty by Katherine Aske published by Bloomsbury. The cover is teal blue and depicts an eighteenth century portrait of a white woman in a large, white silk dress with puff sleeves, brown curled hair with blue ribbons, looking towards the sky. There is a large brown curtain hanging behind the sitting figure. The painting is by Joshua Reynolds of Mrs Stanhope as Contemplation.

This week I submitted my manuscript for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a Cultural History of Female Beauty to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social This book has been a (long) labour of love and I owe so many thank yous to so many people for helping me reach this stage!

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Was delighted to talk to @louisamckenzie.bsky.social for this wonderful article in The Times on pimple patches! My fellow beauty historian @katieaske.bsky.social is in there too 😊

#BSECS 2025 at Pembroke College - always the best conference with the best people ❤️ not a bad book-haul either. I had lovely feedback on my talks and heard some truly incredible papers!

Congratulations Jill, amazing news!!