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Regency Pastimes: Drawing

By Anne | September 22, 2018 - 7:55 am |October 10, 2018 Regency Pastimes

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In the Young Lady’s Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises and Pursuits (1829), drawing is not listed as a separate pastime but is inferred Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Conchology

By Anne | October 10, 2017 - 7:19 am |October 25, 2017 Regency Pastimes

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From The young lady’s book: a manual of elegant recreations, exercises, and pursuits (1829): The book goes on to describe more specifically species and observations Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Gauze Screens

By Anne | September 14, 2016 - 9:26 am |October 4, 2016 Regency Pastimes

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Regency Pastimes: Hunting the Squirrel

By Anne | July 8, 2016 - 8:24 am |August 4, 2016 Regency Pastimes, Regency Travel

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Sporting Magazine, Volume 18, 1801 Apparently, there was also a co-ed dance like game called Hunt the Squirrel which was very naughty indeed: The sports Continue →