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I’m an avid collector of all things Regency,
whether it is fashion prints, books or places and I’d
like to share with you some of the fascinating, beautiful,
unusual and downright weird facts, places and objects that
I come across. Watch this space for updates.
In the Regency Garden
Now the gardens are in full flower I thought you would like some pictures of the delights of Regency gardens, a favourite setting for fashion plate designers.
The two ladies inspecting a shrub in a tub are from the Ladies’ Monthly Museum 1801 and are in that journal’s very individual style. The two by the garden seat are from La Belle Assemblée for August 1807. The plate has been uncharacteristically crudely coloured, probably after the journal was purchased as many of their prints were sent out in black and white, but the seat is a lovely example of the newly fashionable iron garden ornaments. The lady on the stone seat is from Ackermann’s Repository for 1812. She has been picking roses and there is a hollyhock growing beside the seat. Finally the print of a “Cottage Dress” from the Repository of 1820 illustrates the fashion for ladies to work in their own gardens, although this very fancy gown is hardly suitable for more than a little careful watering or dead-heading.
Is there a Regency London location you would like me to track
down? Email me and
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