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Regency Reader Questions: Cawker

By Anne | October 10, 2024 - 8:29 am |October 8, 2024 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

Question: Have you ever investigated the term “cawker ” – I believe I read it in Heyer though I don’t remember where. One of her Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Water Filter

By Anne | October 8, 2024 - 7:48 am |October 8, 2024 From the Desk of Anne

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This ad appeared in the January 1818 edition of La Belle Assemblée. I love this advertisement for a filter that can turn the foulest water Continue →

Regency Dish: Fricando Veal

By Anne | October 7, 2024 - 7:35 am |October 7, 2024 Regency Dish

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Recipe appeared in The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined Comprising Ample Directions for Preparing Every Article Requisite for Furnishing the Tables of the Nobleman, Continue →

Regency Household: Hepplewhite Commode

By Anne | October 4, 2024 - 7:16 am |September 29, 2024 Regency Household

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This design appeared in Hepplewhite’s The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1794). More Hepplewhite: Regency Household: Hepplewhite Designs for Chair Backs Regency Household: Hepplewhite Window Stools Regency Continue →

Regency Fashion: Carriage, Dinner Party, Morning, and Walking Dress (1827)

By Anne | October 2, 2024 - 7:06 am |September 29, 2024 Regency Fashion

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Plates and descriptions, along with general observations on fashion, appeared in the October 1827 issue of La Belle Assemblée.

Regency Reader Questions: Bluestockings

By Anne | September 30, 2024 - 7:48 am |September 28, 2024 Regency Reader Questions

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Moniker/Name grace Source of Question Reg Rom Book Your Question Was “bluestocking” a pejorative term? Was being a bluestocking genuinely considered detrimental for a woman, Continue →

Regency Household: Clean Linen and Silk

By Anne | September 26, 2024 - 8:42 am |September 25, 2024 Regency Household

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Recipe and tips appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Regency Men: Henry Luttrell

By Anne | September 24, 2024 - 6:56 am |September 23, 2024 Regency Men

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The Beaux of the Regency, Volume 2 (1908) By the 1820s, Luttrell was publishing volumes of poetry and theatrical satires, although more serious literary figures Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Public Libraries in London

By Anne | September 22, 2024 - 7:42 am |September 18, 2024 Regency Hot Spots

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Feltham, J., Phillips, R. (1807). The Picture of London, for 1807: Being a Correct Guide to All the Curiosities, Amusements, Exhibitions, Public Establishments, and Remarkable Continue →