Category Archives: Regency History

Regency Fashion: Evening Dress and French Court Dress

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These beautiful plates appeared in the March 1818 issue of La Belle Assemblee, along with descriptions of several court dresses worn at the drawing room. Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Yellow Bounders and the Four Horse Club

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Some articles and blogs claim that all chaises and post chaises must be yellow. However, the only requirement I’ve found or a particular color of Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Studies in Landscape

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January 1818 Ackermann’s Repository This is actually pretty impressive, as John Laporte (1761-1839) was a talented and known landscape painter and etcher.  From London, Laporte’s daughter Continue →