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Regency Hot Spots: Chief Seats of Particular Trades

By Anne | October 30, 2016 - 9:38 am |November 11, 2016 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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I ran across this list in A Description of London; containing a sketch of its history and present (1824) and found it interesting and useful, Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Vegetable Toothpowder and Silver Wired Toothbrushes

By Anne | October 12, 2016 - 4:53 pm |October 18, 2016 Regency Advertisements

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Appearing in the 1816 Ackermann’s Repository, this ad for toothpowder stresses the importance of dental health:

Regency Women of Character: Amelia Noel

By Anne | September 22, 2016 - 11:16 am |October 13, 2016 Regency Women of Character

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Amelia Noel, born Minka Levy, was an artist who specialized in landscapes. Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Exeter ‘Change

By Anne | August 26, 2016 - 7:41 am |July 15, 2023 Regency Hot Spots

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In the Strand the Exeter (Ex)Change was built around 1690 “as a sort of bazaar” which “(l)ike countless other imitations…proved a failure” (London society, Continue →