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Regency Customs: A Bit About Marriage and Annulment

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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the Universe (1822) This snippet gives some insights into annulments, divorce, and the legal implications of Continue →

Regency Household: Stoves

By Anne | November 6, 2019 - 6:31 am |November 19, 2019 Regency Household

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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal (1833) These stoves were metal, typically cast iron, and set in the chimney. I Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Greenwich Hospital

By Anne | October 30, 2019 - 6:46 am |November 15, 2019 Regency Hot Spots

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Greenwich Hospital painting by William Turner

Greenwich Hospital was neither a hot spot nor a not spot, but rather a place of note in London from 1692 to 1869. As a Continue →

Regency Household: Firescreens

By Anne | October 26, 2019 - 7:22 am |November 14, 2019 Regency Household

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An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture (1835) Fire screens could be decorated with embroidery, fabric, painting or other needlework and usually Continue →