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Regency Household: Sheraton’s Swinging Crib Bed

By Anne | December 6, 2021 - 7:19 am |December 20, 2021 Regency Household

This design for a swinging crib bed appeared in Sheraton’s The Cabinet Dictionary (1803). For more Sheraton designs see these posts: Regency Household: A Sheraton Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking and Full Dress (1805)

By Anne | December 4, 2021 - 7:40 am |December 23, 2021 Regency Fashion

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These plates and descriptions appeared in the December 1805 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. The veil and the muff present a conundrum for any Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Public Amusements for September

By Anne | December 2, 2021 - 6:32 am |December 9, 2021 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Pastimes

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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER DRURY LANE airs and grimaces he may be able to delineate the character with considerable humour But ON Saturday September 13th this Theatre opened for the season The entertaininents were the principal attracticn was a Miss Logan who T he Honeymoon and No Song No Supper They performed Mary Thornberry with much sweetare too well known to require any criticism and ness and simplicity and afterwards Lappet in the public are equally well acquainted with the the farce with no less vivacity Her figure is merits of the several performers in these popular rather elegant her features animated and expres pieces sive and her action is uneinbarrassed The old favourites of the town were received HAYMARKET with the usual liberality and demonstrations of kindness by the audience This Theatre closed on Monday night the A gentleman of the name of Penley from the 15th for the season Mr Winston came for Liverpool theatre made his appearance in Jacques ward and delivered the following address his talents are creditable Ladies and Gentlemen The house has been in parts freshly painted This night concludes a season the success and lacquered It had a brilliant appearance of which has strongly proved the continuance of though the audience was not numerous that ample encouragement so long bestowed by a liberal public on this theatre and calls for the COVENT GARDEN warmest acknowledgments from the Proprietors This Theatre on its opening for the season The honour devolves on me to express 80 exhibited some novelty The play was John Bull you their gratitude for your past favour and to and the after piece The Miser In the first Mr assure you that it will be their pride and study Pope was the substitute for Mr Cooke in Pere to merit it in future grine The Performers Ladies and Gentlemen beg Mr Mara from Bath was the Dennis Bul you to accept their humble thanks for the genegruddery of the evening and when he has di rous support you have given to their efforts and vested himself of a superabundance of provincial we most respectfully take our leave

This article appeared in the October 1806 La Belle Assemblee and describes some of the popular actors and entertainments for the Autumn of 1806.

Tessa Dare: The Wallflower Wager

By Anne | November 30, 2021 - 7:38 am |May 11, 2023 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Tessa Dare

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CW: sexual assault/molestation, abandonment, extreme poverty The third in a series that I thought worked great as a standalone, The Wallflower Wager might’ve been more appropriately Continue →