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Regency Culture and Society: A Letter from a Young Gentleman to His Sister

By Anne | May 10, 2017 - 8:43 am |May 19, 2017 Regency Culture and Society

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Appearing in the Lady’s Monthly Museum (1803, Volume 11), this letter from a young gentleman to his sister is everything a letter from a big Continue →

Regency Travel: Wherries on the Thames

By Anne | March 8, 2017 - 7:52 am |March 28, 2017 Regency Travel

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In 1796 there were over 12,000 watermen in England. By 1828 there were more than 3,000 wherries (or rowboats) on the Thames in and around Continue →

Regency Dish: Milk in Town

By Anne | March 4, 2017 - 8:24 am |March 10, 2017 Regency Dish, Regency Economy

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Leigh’s New Picture of London (1822) Time’s Telescope (1819) To read more on the problem with adulteration of milk during the era, go 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 →