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Regency Fashions: Walking Dress and Morning Dress

By Anne | April 6, 2017 - 7:56 am |May 2, 2017 Regency Fashion

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From the April 1818 La Belle Assemblee, these gowns are perfect for the “motley display of winter, spring and almost summer” of April in Town. Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Pictorial Cards

By Anne | March 16, 2017 - 10:24 am |March 28, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Pastimes

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Appearing in the March 1818 issue of Ackermann’s Repository, this plate of pictorial cards shows the thoughtful symbolism that could be employed in a deck Continue →

Regency Fashion: Evening Dress and French Court Dress

By Anne | March 2, 2017 - 7:45 am |March 14, 2017 Regency Fashion

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These beautiful plates appeared in the March 1818 issue of La Belle Assemblee, along with descriptions of several court dresses worn at the drawing room. Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Studies in Landscape

By Anne | February 22, 2017 - 8:05 am |March 10, 2017 Regency Advertisements, Regency Culture and Society

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January 1818 Ackermann’s Repository This is actually pretty impressive, as John Laporte (1761-1839) was a talented and known landscape painter and etcher. From London, Laporte’s daughter Continue →