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Regency Pastimes: Pictorial Cards

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Appearing in the March 1818 issue of Ackermann’s Repository, this plate of pictorial cards shows the thoughtful symbolism that could be employed in a deck Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Shoes and Feet

By Anne | February 18, 2017 - 7:33 am |February 28, 2017 Regency Fashion, Regency Reader Questions

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Question: I’ve read that most tailors were men, that ladies got their footgear from these male tailors, and that the tailor himself tended to serve Continue →

Regency Women of Character: “Unbecoming” Lady Drivers

By Anne | February 8, 2017 - 8:55 am |February 21, 2017 Regency Travel, Regency Women of Character

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I was doing some research and ran across this account of women drivers in Hyde Park from a very starched up sexist American, and thought Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Madame Saqui

By Anne | January 4, 2017 - 8:39 am |January 23, 2017 Regency Women of Character

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Appearing in the January 1820 edition of La Belle Assemblee, this brief biographical sketch of tight rope walker Madame Saqui highlights her active acrobatics. Beyond Continue →