Category Archives: Regency Culture and Society

Regency Reader Questions: Young Widows and Chaperones

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Geri Kelly Regency Reader Question Would a young widow need a chaperone as a guest in a house with adult male sons? Source of Question Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Keys, Servants, and Late Nights

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wanted and keeps the rooms in perfect order Previous to her mistress retiring for the night she will have looked out her nightclothes and aired them well and she will not only now but at all times when she goes to dress carry up hot water for washing & c and when she is gone to bed she will carefully examine all her clothes and do all that is necessary to be done to them before she folds them away If her lady be elderly infirm or unwell she will sometimes be required to bring her work and sit with her to administer her medicines and sometimes to read to her To qualify herself for this latter purpose and to acquit herself with propriety she will

Michelle Regency Reader Question Hello, If a woman has been out to a ball and comes in at night (in London), how does she get Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Water Colour Exhibitions of 1812

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These accounts appeared in the June 1812 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.  I had difficulty tracking down shareable images of any of the paintings Continue →