Regency Culture and Society: The Etiquette of the Call

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Social interactions in the Regency were typically governed by etiquette, or a standard practice of socializing.  A System of Etiquette (1804) has some helpful hints Continue

Representing Regency: Black Britons

This is part of my ongoing series to tackle a knowledge of the Regency era that appears to be based primarily on histrom.  Representing Regency Continue

Regency Hot Spots: Du Bourg’s Models

Engraving of Du Bourg's musuem from London Metropolitan Archives

The Picture of London for 1820 Although often dismissed as a showman, modern scholars have credits Richard Du Bourg as one of the first artists Continue