Regency Household: Villa in the Grecian Style

The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Continue

The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Continue

Plates, descriptions, and general fashion advice appeared in the May 1826 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. A nice discussion of bonnets, as well as Continue

The Present Scandalous System of Robbing Graves Exposed, and a Safeguard for the Dead Now Presented to the British Public in the Newly Invented Iron Continue

Litchfield, F. (1899). Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time. United Kingdom: Truslove, Hanson & Comba. Chippendale was one of the “big three” English cabinet and Continue

George Cruikshank’s omnibus, ed. by L. Blanchard. (1842). United Kingdom: (n.p.). The fashion of padded calves started in the Georgian era, particularly circa 1780s, where a manly calf Continue

A View of London: Or, the Stranger’s Guide Through the British Metropolis …. (1803). United Kingdom: B. Crosby. Steamboat services on the Thames began operating in about 1815, Continue

L. (1827). Domestic Economy, and Cookery: For Rich and Poor; Containing an Account of the Best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and Other Foreign Dishes; Preparations of Broths Continue

A second chance romance between two late forties MCs set in a small village in Devon is a low-angst, kisses only novelette – so a Continue

In Emma, Harriet Smith recommends Romance of the Forest to Mr Martin. His failure to find and read the book is fodder for Emma’s campaign Continue

Pierce Egan was a suburban Londoner, likely from Irish parents, who established himself as a sportswriter and then became a huge cultural influencer, particularly for Continue