Regency Reader

Regency Culture and Society: A Woman in Want of Pockets

By Anne | November 16, 2017 - 11:29 am |November 28, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Fashion, Regency Women of Character

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Gentle readers, you are probably already aware of the deep gender divide around Continue →

Regency Advertisements: For All You Military Men…

By Anne | October 18, 2017 - 7:53 am |November 15, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Men

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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 →

Regency Fashion: London Dresses for October (1808)

By Anne | October 12, 2017 - 8:25 am |October 31, 2017 Regency Fashion

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This plate with accompanying descriptions appeared in the 1808 October issue of the Ladies Monthly Museum.

Regency Advertisements: Lost Happiness Regained (in other words, abortions)

By Anne | August 28, 2017 - 8:02 am |November 15, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine

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I learn the most interesting things about Regency society reading the advertisments. Take this week’s knowledge on book prices, or when I learned powdered drinks Continue →