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Regency Culture and Society: A Bit of Bronze

By Anne | May 18, 2020 - 8:26 am |February 10, 2023 Regency Culture and Society

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Perusing the A View of London (1803), I came upon this amusing description of gentlemen acquiring town polish that I wanted to share: It continues Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Bill For Courtship

By Anne | May 14, 2019 - 12:40 pm |May 24, 2019 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Men

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This anecdote on a bill for courtship (or courtship disguising free legal services) appeared in the August 1800 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum:

Regency Advertisments: Shaving Cakes and See-Through Soap

By Anne | March 8, 2019 - 10:53 am |March 26, 2019 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine

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The ad copy appeared in the April 1817 issue of Ackermann’s Repository. The image is from a later era, but showcases their many products. Pear’s Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: French Chefs, Gender and Celebrity

By Anne | December 22, 2018 - 7:40 am |January 8, 2019 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Dish, Regency Household

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Regency Reader Question For the aristocracy, it was apparently all the rage to have a male French chef. However, the references I’ve found said that Continue →