A moment, please, for Mary Edwards 👑

In 1734 she was so pissed off about her husband wasting her fortune that she destroyed all evidence of the marriage & publicly declared their son to be illegitimate – by embracing disgrace she regained control of her whopping inheritance
Here is the family – and dog – in 1733, also painted by her friend William Hogarth.

For the benefit of this extraordinary story it is also worth noting that her husband was called ANNE – a rather cringey attempt by his parents to court the favour of Queen Anne đŸ‘¶
First of all, CHECK OUT THE JEWELS on this woman

Eight years after abandoning the marriage, she clearly had no regrets 💎
Mary was also not shy of shows of female strength đŸ’Ș💅
The scroll at her side quotes Queen Elizabeth I to troops at Tilbury:

Remember Englishmen, the Laws, the Rights
The generous Plan of Power deliver’d down
From age to age by your renown’d Forefathers 

And of course, like any woman of taste, she requested that she be immortalised in paint with her books & her dog đŸŸđŸ“š

Hats off to you Mary, HATS OFF TO YOU
And of course, like any woman of taste, she requested that she be immortalised in paint with her books & her dog Hats off to you Mary, HATS OFF TO YOU
And of course, like any woman of taste, she requested that she be immortalised in paint with her books & her dog Hats off to you Mary, HATS OFF TO YOU
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