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Regency Fashion: Evening Dresses

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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 →

View of a Country Estate: Watermouth, Devon

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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 →

Regency Reader Questions: The Withdrawing Rooms

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Ground plans of two manor homes circa Regency

  In a follow up from my post/questions about bathroom habits of Regency people, and expanding on an earlier post about cloak rooms and withdrawing Continue →