Regency Advertisements: Penetrating Hair Brushes
This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue
This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue
I love this bizarre ad so much (La Belle Assemblee, July 1819), as perfumer James Atkinson (est. 1799) offers a reward for turning in counterfeit Continue
This ad for eyebrow darkening makeup appeared in the June 1815 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.
Now the “oldest cosmetics manufacturer in the UK” (http://johngosnell.com/about-us/history/) dating back to 1677, during the Regency era the company of Price & Gosnell had a Continue