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Regency Hot Spots: The Finish

By Anne | February 8, 2021 - 6:59 am |February 20, 2021 Regency Hot Spots

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From Grose (1823): The Finish was “a small coffee-house (in great repute to see a bit of life, in 1796) in Covent Garden market, opposite Continue →

Regency Household: An Egyptian Chimney Front

By Anne | February 6, 2021 - 7:25 am |February 16, 2021 Regency Household

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This engraving and the description appeared in the 1823 book “Modern Furniture” by Augustus Pugin and J Stafford. Napolean’s Egyptian Campaign in the early 19 Continue →

Regency Fashion: Putting on a Cravat

By Anne | February 4, 2021 - 6:53 am |June 4, 2021 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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Figures and lessons are taken from The Art of Tying the Cravat Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons, Including Thirty-two Different Styles, Forming a Pocket Manual … Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Persuasion and People of Color in 19th Century Clergy

By Anne | February 2, 2021 - 7:12 am |February 28, 2021 Regency Reader Questions, Representing Regency

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Regency Reader Question I enjoyed your post about people of colour in Regency England. I was thinking about Persuasion and wondering if there’s any reason Continue →