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Regency Advertisements: Penetrating Hair Brushes

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This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking and Full Dress (1805)

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The plate and description appeared in the August 1805 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.

Regency Fashion: Full Dress (1805) and TBT from 1755

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Printed in the July issue of the Lady’s Monthly Museum from 1805, was this unique fashion plate that showed a throw back picture to a Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Sarah Wilkinson

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A writer and entrepreneur, Sarah Wilkinson (1779-1831) teetered between middle class and penury for most of her life.  Arguably one of the most prolific writers Continue →