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Regency Hot Spots: Sans Pareil Theatre

By Anne | March 8, 2018 - 9:42 am |July 24, 2023 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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What would later become the Adelphi Theatre, the Sans Pareil (Without Compare) Theatre was founded in 1806 in The Strand by colour merchant John Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Tambour Work

By Anne | February 24, 2018 - 7:02 am |March 6, 2018 Regency Pastimes

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The young lady’s book: a manual of elegant recreations, exercises, and pursuits, 1829 Tambour work would have been the quick, easiest form of embroidery to Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Conchology

By Anne | October 10, 2017 - 7:19 am |October 25, 2017 Regency Pastimes

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From The young lady’s book: a manual of elegant recreations, exercises, and pursuits (1829): The book goes on to describe more specifically species and observations Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Debates for the Ladies

By Anne | October 6, 2017 - 12:58 pm |October 17, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Men, Regency Pastimes

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I discovered this treasure in the October 1808 issue of Lady’s Monthly Museum and thought I would share. I particularly love the hypothetical husband nicknames.