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Regency Advertisements: Hermit Position

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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, 1875 Likely this young man was interested in being a garden or ornamental hermit.  These hermits lived in hermitages, follies, grottoes Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Attention Drawing Masters, Governesses, and Preceptors of Youth in General

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Appeared in the November 1817 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.  I love also the ad for the Lady and Gentleman’s Polite Assistant!

Regency Advertisements: For All You Military 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 Advertisements: Prejudice and Physiognomy

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  I know you have heard of Pride and Prejudice, but have you heard of Prejudice and Physiognomy? This ad appeared in the October 1817 Continue →