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Sarah Jane Downing: Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen (Non-Fiction)

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During the annual survey this year, a Regency Reader asked for more non-fiction reviews.  What a good excuse for me to start up something I Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Penetrating Hair Brushes

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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 →

Regency Advertisements: James Atkinson, Perfumer and Avenger

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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 →