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Regency Hot Spots: Du Bourg’s Models

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Engraving of Du Bourg's musuem from London Metropolitan Archives

The Picture of London for 1820 Although often dismissed as a showman, modern scholars have credits Richard Du Bourg as one of the first artists Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Crafts with Gilt

By Anne | February 24, 2019 - 3:14 pm |March 1, 2019 Regency Pastimes

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Gold leaf in craft is having its heyday again, but it was also popular in the Regency. Check out the above DIY how tos that Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Eminent Painters

By Anne | October 12, 2018 - 7:10 am |October 24, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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This list of painters appeared in the 1820 Picture of London. Its a useful list for researchers interested in who was painting portraits at the 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 →