Why Did Georgian Aristocrats Risk Their Lives for Cosmetics?

Makeup artist Lisa Eldridge explores what the beauty looks of three iconic moments in British history reveal about our past. Starting at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, in search of one of the beauty icons of the day, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Lisa discovers how in this period of extreme...

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