Regency Reader

Regency Advertisements: Miracle Vegetable Syrup

By Anne | February 4, 2018 - 7:45 am |February 8, 2018 Regency Health and Medicine

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Carton of vegetable syrup seller being jeered by crowd of men in wigs

Appearing in the 1808 La Belle Assemblee, this ad promoted Mr. Swainson’s miracle vegetable syrup. Swainson was called a “radical quack” who sold vegetable syrups Continue →

Regency Fashion: Evening Dresses

By Anne | February 2, 2018 - 6:45 am |February 8, 2018 Regency Fashion

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From February 1808 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. The descriptions are brief for this collection of three gowns, but the accessories suggest an evening Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: Sleep

By Anne | January 30, 2018 - 7:36 am |February 6, 2018 Regency Health and Medicine

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Painting of a woman asleep with book in hand

Sleep was recognized, early on, as an important part of keeping healthy. From (1828) The book of health: Historian Roger Ekirch published a paper Continue →

View of a Country Estate: Watermouth, Devon

By Anne | January 24, 2018 - 7:21 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Household, View of a Country Estate

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A painting of Watermouth manion in Devon

The description and painting appeared in the August 1825 edition of Ackermann’s Repository. The building is actually called Watermouth Castle, but was built in 1825 Continue →