Regency england

Perhaps no painter captures the romance of the English Regency better than Edmund Blair Leighton. Just as we, today, are enchanted by the nostalgic feeling from this era of elegance and extravagance, balls and duels, eligible bachelors

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The Ball at Netherfield - #Ball #Netherfield

What did it take to host a ball in the Regency era?

Dear Readers: I welcome today Ron Dunning, who wrote here last year about his “Akin to Jane” website – today he shares with us an article he wrote for the Huguenots of Spitalfield…

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Welcome! Edmund Blair Leighton note The Chaperon following.... I wanted to follow up my blog from June: http://inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-regency-lady-of-quality.html with more Regency Era romance. dress from the Regency Period I do love the 'romantic' aspects of that time, thanks to the wonderful novels of Georgette Heyer that introduced me to it! "The Corinthian" by Georgette Heyer vintage illustration I also wanted to offer you the rest of the wonderful paper doll set '1800…

In 1816

Ackermann's Repository did an extensive series in the 1820's regarding Country Seat Estates. At the time, this would have been the equivalent of a modern day magazine spread on Mansions of the Rich and Famous. In Regency England the members of the peerage and holders of a title would usually have a "Country Seat". Engaging in "trade" was considered a taboo for the gentry, so many of them obtained their income off the land via their estates. Those enterprises necessitated the best profit from…