Alice Loxton

@history_alice

Alice Loxton is a presenter for the History Hit TV and YouTube channels.

What Was the ‘Peterloo Massacre’ and Why Did It Happen?

‘Pygmalion and Galatea’ by Jean-Léon Gérôme

‘The Ambassadors’ by Holbein: A Triumph of Tudor Portraiture

‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’: Doom and Drama on Canvas

What Messages Are Hidden in the Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I?

What Was the Gin Craze?

‘The Whitehall Mural’ by Hans Holbein the Younger

‘Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling’ by Hans Holbein the Younger

‘Judith Beheading Holofernes’ by Artemisia Gentileschi

Why is Botticelli’s Primavera Considered Controversial?

Van Dyck’s ‘Equestrian Portrait of Charles I’: A Picture of Majesty

Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’: A Vision of Female Beauty