Faculty of Design
Illustration
Caitlin Todd
Afternoon Tea
Painting
2020
Gouache
In Britain tea began as a luxury for only the wealthy to enjoy. One of Queen Victoria’s Ladies of the bedchamber Anna Maria Russell nee Stanhope the seventh Duchess of Bedford is credited with the invention of afternoon tea when she was too hungry to wait for dinner and requested biscuits, cakes and Darjeeling tea. This led to Queen Victoria hosting the first, and at the time, the largest afternoon tea party.
Work by
Caitlin Todd
Illustration
““Steeped Through Centuries” illustrates the influential impact of tea on various historical and cultural developments. Exploring the way tea, since its discovery, has been an ever present ingredient...” [More]