Tag Archives: 1800s

Regency Hot Spots: Du Bourg’s Models

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Engraving of Du Bourg's musuem from London Metropolitan Archives

The Picture of London for 1820 Although often dismissed as a showman, modern scholars have credits Richard Du Bourg as one of the first artists Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Patent Sofas and Chairs

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19th century drawing room chair profiles

This ad appeared in the May 1815 Ackermann’s Repository.  They will provide “terms the most advantageous for prompt payment”. I have shared another ad from Continue →

Representing Regency: Multiracial People in the 19th Century

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Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle

In prepping a review for Love’s Harbinger, I perused some of the reviews on GoodReads and Amazon, as I often do, to make sure I Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Spas and Bathing Part II

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19th Century Brighton and Hove

Moniker/Name: tkh Source of Question: Research Your Question: One more question for you. I’ve been looking into “taking the waters.” Everyone speaks of Bath, but Continue →