Regency Women of Character: Mary Anning

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
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
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
La Belle Assemblee, July 1807 My wool is coming out of hiding, which always gives me a moment of pause and trepidation for fear moths Continue
New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue