Regency Hot Spots: The Invisible Girl in Leicester Square

The Picture of London for 1802 The Farington Diary (1923) In the early 1800s in No. 1 Leicester Square, a curiosity was on display for Continue

Regency Science and Technology: Maillardet’s Automaton

Maillardet's Automaton 1826 plate

La Belle Assemblee, 1806 The 17th century saw the first automaton devices coming into popular imagination.  In the 18th century, the mechanical toy took off, Continue