Regency Hot Spots: Polito’s Living Museum

The Picture of London, for 1813 Stephen Polito’s menagerie was largely traveling, with the first of his menagerie exhibitions being displayed at the Bartholomew Fair Continue
The Picture of London, for 1813 Stephen Polito’s menagerie was largely traveling, with the first of his menagerie exhibitions being displayed at the Bartholomew Fair Continue
I ran across this published listing of the box subscribers to the King’s Theatre in Haymarket, London (sometimes referred to as the Italian Opera House) Continue
St. James Street in London was the location in Regency England for men’s clubs. Along side Brook’s, White’s, Boodle’s and the Cocoa Tree at 69 Continue
Of mythical origins, even soon after his death, Edward Hughes Ball was said to have inherited an enormous fortune of forty thousand pounds per annum Continue