19th century – Page 196 – Regency Reader

Regency Crime and Punishment: Poultry Compter

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Petty criminals in London went to compters. Sometimes called counters, compters were small prisons for minor transgressors including religious dissenters, drunks, prostitutes, debtors, vagrants, homosexuals Continue →

Regency Fashion: Full and Morning Dresses (1806)

By Anne | December 18, 2019 - 5:51 am |January 10, 2020 Regency Fashion

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These gowns appeared in the December 1806 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.

Regency Advertisements: Ghrimes Wool

By Anne | December 12, 2019 - 11:46 am |December 19, 2019 Regency Fashion

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This ad appeared in the June 1816 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.

Regency Household: Reclining Chairs

By Anne | December 10, 2019 - 6:47 am |January 10, 2020 Regency Household

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I was surprised to see these early recliners in An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture (1835): Its not hard to imagine Continue →