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Regency Advertisements: A Bonny Young Lad is my Jockey

By Anne | January 30, 2023 - 8:48 am |February 10, 2023 Regency Advertisements

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This ad appeared in the August 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblée. I found a website with a tutorial of the tune to hear what Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Anne Gunn

By Anne | January 28, 2023 - 8:38 am |February 13, 2023 Regency Pastimes, Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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Anne Gunn nee Young (1756-1813) was a Scottish music teacher and inventor of a set of board games, Musical Games, created to teach children musical Continue →

Regency Fashion: Cravate en Valise

By Anne | January 26, 2023 - 6:35 am |February 16, 2023 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons (1828). For more on cravats: Regency Fashion: The Importance of the Cravat in Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Cross and Jostle Work

By Anne | January 24, 2023 - 7:41 am |February 13, 2023 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

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Moniker/Name noagnes Source of Question Research Your Question Do you have any idea what the expression “cross-and-jostle work” refers to? Additional comments I found this Continue →