Gentle Readers, A few months ago frequent contributor Tony Grant wrote a lovely post about Richmond Park. Recently, a man walking his dog lost control of his animal, who was not on his lead. The result could have been catastrophic. Tony writes that the authorities are taking this incident seriously and may prosecute. I walk [...]
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Incident in Richmond Park
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged dogs off leash, Leash laws, Richmond Park on November 30, 2011 | 14 Comments »
The Diorama: 19th century entertainment
Posted in 19th Century England, 19th Century France, art, jane austen, Regency Art, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency World, tagged Dioramas, Louis Daguerre on November 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I was at the private view of the “Diorama”; it is in part a transparency; the spectator is in a dark chamber, and it is very pleasing, and has great illusion. It is without the pale of art, because its object is deception. The art pleases by reminding, not deceiving. The place was filled with [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged Happy Thanksgiving on November 23, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Gentle reader, I’ll be away with my family and am on a short hiatus. Here’s wishing my American readers a wonderful holiday!
Mr. Palmer Discusses His Fellow Minor Characters
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, Sense and Sensibility, tagged Mr. Palmer on November 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Gentle Readers, This month I have joined the Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration on Maria Grazia’s My Jane Austen Book Club blog. Click on the banner on the sidebar to read the other articles posted each month in celebration of Jane Austen’s first published book. The first half of my post about Mr. Palmer’s observations [...]
The Noble Goose and its Many Uses by Man Over the Centuries
Posted in 19th Century England, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency World, tagged Animal cruelty, down comforters, down feathers, Goose herding, goose quill pen, Live goose plucking on November 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Feather by feather the goose can be plucked. – French Proverb My mental image of Jane Austen at her writing desk at Chawton Cottage is of a cozy room, a small octagonal table, and a lady holding a goose quill pen, staring out of a window in rapt concentration or scribbling furiously on sheafs of [...]
Axminster Carpets: 18th and 19th Century British Interiors
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Georgian Life, Jane Austen's World, Regency Period, Regency style, tagged Axminster carpets, British design, British industry, British interior design, Robert Adam, Royal Pavilion, Samuel Whitty on November 14, 2011 | 7 Comments »
During the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century Axminster carpets were the favorite carpets of the rich. They are frequently mentioned in descriptions of interiors in Regency novels, especially Georgette Heyer’s. Famous architects/designers like Robert Adam would supply the patterns based on Roman floor mosaics or coffered ceilings. Both George III [...]
The Adelaide Mill
Posted in 19th Century England, Georgian Life, Jane Austen's World, Regency society, Victorian Era, tagged British caricature, King William IV, Queen Adelaide, Robert Seymour, The Adelaide Mill on November 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
After the death of Princess Charlotte in childbirth in 1817, the British Royal family was left without a legitimate heir to the throne. Since their marriage, King George IV had felt an overpowering physical and mental aversion to Queen Caroline, his consort, and the possibility of his begetting another child on her was less than [...]
Brunswick House
Posted in 18th Century England, Architecture, Georgian London, Jane Austen's World, Regency World, tagged Babylon on Thames, Brunswick House, LASSCO, M15, Vauxhall Gardens on November 8, 2011 | 17 Comments »
In his post about Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress a few weeks ago, Tony Grant mentioned Brunswick House as a possible stand-in for Tom’s inherited home. Brunswick House was built in 1758 on #30 Wandsworth Road and was the former home to the Dukes of Brunswick. It sat on 3 acres of land along the South [...]
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- Five Regency tea cups: The book is not perfect (few books are), but it was well worth its purchase and possesses many outstanding qualities that makes it stand head and shoulders above its counterparts.
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