Regency Women of Character – Page 4

Regency Women of Character: Mary Martha Pearson

By Anne | August 18, 2019 - 7:21 am |August 28, 2019 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Women of Character

Born Mary Martha Dutton, Mary Pearson would grow to be a renowned portrait painter whose work still hangs in many of the esteemed galleries Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Mary Anning

By Anne | April 2, 2019 - 6:54 am |April 30, 2019 Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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A “pioneering paleontologist and fossil collector” Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme, England and was the first explorer of what is now called Continue →

Regency Women of Character: The Duchess of Cumberland

By Anne | February 14, 2019 - 6:36 am |March 8, 2019 Regency Women of Character

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La Belle Assemblee, December 1806 A wealthy and attractive debutante, the 22 year old Lady Anne Luttrell surprised the Ton when she married a commoner Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Harriet Mellon

By Anne | January 16, 2019 - 7:27 am |February 14, 2019 Regency Women of Character

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The Lady’s Monthly Museum, May 1822 The Cosmopolitan, 1896 (Volume 20) In keeping with the recent discussion of Duke and courtesans, I thought I Continue →