York Vs York: Changing Attitudes in Regency England In April, Elaine Owen shared this piece on Austen Authors. I thought it worthy of a second look. Jane Austen did not write about disabled people…
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Fight Against Slavery Carried on Beyond Austen’s Life, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway | ReginaJeffers’s Blog
William Wilberforce spent his life seeking to abolish slavery. He succeeded in ending the buying and selling of slaves, but died six months before slavery itself began to be phased out.
This piece is Part I of a two-part series from my fellow Austen Author, Collins Hemingway. In this one, Collins takes a closer look at the slavery issue during Jane Austen’s time. Slavery was…
Press Gangs in the Regency Era | ReginaJeffers’s Blog
Impressment – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org
Press gangs operated in England from medieval times, but during the war years the “tradition” was increased. In fact, the pressing of free men into military service was considered a roy…
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Victorian Cosmetics: Red Lip Rouge and Lip Salve for 19th Century Ladies – Mimi Matthews
A Winter’s Walk by James Tissot, 1878.
In the late 18th century, the British Parliament passed a law condemning make-up. It stated, in part, that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for…
Source: Victorian Cosmetics: Red Lip Rouge and Lip Salve for 19th Century Ladies – Mimi Matthews
18th and 19th Century: Fifteen Things a Good Georgian Coachman Would Not Do
Coachmen were the people entrusted with the management of a person’s carriage and horses. It was important they be reliable, honest, and wise, as a traveler’s safety depended on these traits. For instance, when traveling in a coach, loose nuts and bolts was a frequent occurrence, and, “a Careful Coachman” was said to be the person willing to check the coach every fortnight for any possible loose nuts or bolts and then screw them tight but also do it with such “care [as to] not to injure the Paint with the Wrench.”
There were also fifteen things a good Georgian coachman would not do. Here they are in their entirety.
He will not gratify a greedy Innkeeper, Hackney man. Hay Fanner, Coachmaker, Sadler, or other Tradesman, at the expense of his Employer; but, in laying out his Master’s Money, will be as careful as if it was his own.
He will not leave his Master to the care of the…
Source: 18th and 19th Century: Fifteen Things a Good Georgian Coachman Would Not Do.
The 1820s in Fashionable Gowns: A Visual Guide to the Decade
There were many important, transitional years for women’s fashion during the 19thcentury. For example, in a single decade sleeves might transform from slender and straight to enormous gigot or leg o’mutton style sleeves. While skirts which began a decade flowing loose around the legs might end the decade standing several feet wide atop a crinoline. In my previous post on the evolution of 19th century gowns (available HERE), I gave a brief, decade-by-decade visual overview of the ever-changing silhouettes of women’s silk dresses in the 1800s. For the transitional years, however, a single image can never sum up an entire decade. With that in mind, I bring you the first in a series of visual fashion guides to those decades of the 19th century during which women’s fashion underwent the most extreme change.
I begin with the 1820s, a decade which stood between the Regency era (1811-1820) and the Victorian era (1837-1901). This decade is notable in fashion as providing a bridge between the classic, high-waisted Empire styles of the early 19th century and the large…
Source: The 1820s in Fashionable Gowns: A Visual Guide to the Decade
18th and 19th Century: Cheating Valets and Tricks of the Trade
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One writer in the early 1830s believed that the moral character of household servants had declined. He claimed that despite there being an unspoken rule that servants could supplement their incomes indirectly from their employers, household domestics took advantage of the situation. One way was by using various tricks to regularly gouging their employers.
One nineteenth century nobleman decried that “there is not such an animal in nature as an honest servant.” Among the servants who reportedly cheated and took tremendous advantage of their employers were valets. One person explained why: “The whimsicalities and extravagances of many masters in high life, together with the total absences of thoughtfulness in some young men of fortune, [throws] wide a door…for the exercise of the tricks and impositions of this species of servant.”
Valets, similar to a household steward, used a variety of tricks to enhance their income. One trick was to complain…
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Benjamin Bathurst: Missing Regency Era Diplomat
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Benjamin Bathurst (18 March 1784 – 1809?) was a British diplomatic envoy who disappeared in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the third son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich.
Bathurst disappeared on or about 25 November 1809, sparking much debate and speculation about his ultimate fate, especially in science fiction stories, based on a perception (fostered by secondary sources) that his disappearance was a case of particularly sudden, perhaps supernatural, vanishing. Recent research suggests the circumstances of Bathurst’s disappearance were wildly exaggerated, and that he was almost certainly murdered.
Career
Benjamin Bathurst entered the diplomatic service at an early age and was promoted to the post of Secretary of the British Legation at Livorno. In 1805, he married Phillida Call, daughter of Sir John Call, a Cornish landowner and baronet.
In 1809, he was dispatched to Vienna as an envoy…
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