In the Footsteps of Marie-Antoinette | Waddesdon Manor

Podcast Series | Episode 2

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/embed/4d9994cd2af6c2674e6d

Marie-Antoinette: A Life in Objects

 

Image depicting a painting of Marie Antoinette standing outdoors wearing an embroidered blue gown and holding a fan in her right hand.

Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the Univeristy of Oxford, visits Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, built in the 19th century by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, a great collector of 18th century decorative arts, especially objects associated with Marie-Antoinette.

With Pippa Shirley, Head of Collections & Gardens, and curators Rachel Jacobs and Dr Mia Jackson, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.

 

Music | Excerpts from Haydn's Symphony no 85 in B-flat Major 'La Reine', licensed courtesy of Naxos Music UK Ltd.

Cover image | © Waddesdon Manor

Production | ChromeRadio for TORCH / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford | Producer - Catriona Oliphant.

℗ TORCH / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford