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@RegencyNights

Curator of the Quirky, the Curious, and the Crazy aspects of Regency life. Creator of #FashionableVerse. Site contains humour. Well, whimsy at least.

London. Katılım Ocak 2022
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Miles Ogborn
Miles Ogborn@MilesOgborn·
Very pleased that this is now published open access. “Fire in Jamaica, 1831-32” in Journal of British Studies doi.org/10.1017/jbr.20…. The politics of fire and habitation in the largest uprising in the British Caribbean colonies.
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It’s Dr Johnson’s birthday and I can’t help wondering if he’s the only person ever to have both written a Dictionary and inspired a Brown Ale (from a Brewery he was "intimately connected" with, no less), as we raise a tankard in his honour. #otd #SamuelJohnson
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Jane Dunn
Jane Dunn@JaneDunnAuthor·
Thanks to @ronanbeckman I found this beautiful book 2nd hand; 66ft of vistas drawn in 1829 reproduced from the original, a late Georgian tourist guide. Here, St Paul's Cathedral with 3 bridges. I love that the big houses are so new they carry their owners' names #Regency #history
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Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️🖼️
On John Soane’s birthday, here’s London as he knew it! 🎈🏙️ Made from the roof of the Museum in June 1813 by one of Soane's pupils, this drawing – much like every view of London and every birthday – is a snapshot from an ongoing story, never to be repeated quite the same! 🎁
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@MulraineArt He was quite entertaining, by all accounts, and very popular in his day. And I do think we lost something when we stopped singing and making music together.
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Did you know Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814) was “the pre-eminent Musical Showman of his age”? If not, you may be unaware of the Advantage of Toping (drinking yourself silly), which he celebrated in song and deed. He was also, amazingly, one of Jane Austen's favourite composers !
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@Stephen25367746 Indeed — although, it seems, primarily Song. The guy was like a composing machine, with over 1400 songs to his name !!
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Bodleian Libraries
Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs·
Stretching from #London Regent street to Westminster abbey, this 7m long panorama was published in 1849. The level of detail that illustrator R. Sandeman and engraver G. C. Leighton put into this #Victorian view is astonishing. Digitised on Digital Bodleian. G.A. Lond. 16° 187
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@JaneDunnAuthor @bodleianlibs I agree, and I’m so happy that things such as this were created, and have survived. They give an invaluable insight into the period, as well as being a delight to explore.
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Jane Dunn
Jane Dunn@JaneDunnAuthor·
@bodleianlibs Absolutely wonderful! Thank you @bodleianlibs & @RegencyNights The detail is marvellous, from terrific drawings of the buildings to the people, carriages, even the sky with varying cloudscapes & weather patterns enlivened with storm clouds & flocks of birds. A labour of love
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@UltimaThule0000 PS The print of two men and an enormous telescope is just the sort of image the Backstreet Regents delight in. What a great find !
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@JaneDunnAuthor I guess it's just satirising the oversized headwear of the time & the newly-available undersized horses. The print was published by a woman (Mary Darly) so I hope its satire is at least affectionate! She & her husband developed a new Print genre, centring on extremes of Fashion.
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Jane Dunn@JaneDunnAuthor·
@RegencyNights OMG didn't know pygmy ponies were a thing! Her ostrich feathers are quite overbearing of the dear teeny things... this must be intentional, though have no idea what the cartoonist means by it. Do you?
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I don’t often comment on Modern Female Taste, but I'd venture to say this Phaetona (or female driver of a Phaeton carriage) is very much in the vanguard !!
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@ronanbeckman Ha ha, indeed ! I just hope she’s not too hard on the poor little things, and that the whip is only for show !
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If you ever find yourself in 1830s London, why not treat yourself to an exhilarating ride on Mr H. Thorrington’s famous Suspension Railway? You’ll be AMAZED, you’ll be THRILLED, you'll MARVEL at just how much fun you can have for a single shilling.
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@seabrkei @YorkFHS Yes, it was an insanely ambitious plan, which failed spectacularly. The Gardens opened in March 1830, but only lasted a couple of years, before being demolished in 1832. Strange to think how different that whole area would be today if the scheme had been a success.
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@YorkFHS We could do with them still being there today, but — as @seabrkei points out — they weren’t a great success (to put it mildly!) due to the indifference of the public, and closed within a couple of years of opening.
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