Fashions in La Belle Assemblée
I am conscious of the fact that my blog earlier was remarkably light on actual fashion-plate examples from La Belle Assemblée. So here is my effort… Read More »Fashions in La Belle Assemblée
I am conscious of the fact that my blog earlier was remarkably light on actual fashion-plate examples from La Belle Assemblée. So here is my effort… Read More »Fashions in La Belle Assemblée
I have always had a soft spot for John Bell, printer, publisher and typeface designer – to the extent that when I bought a printing… Read More »More on magazines for women – John Bell and La Belle Assemblée
I confess: I have never been a particular fan of Toby Jugs, but the fact remains that they made an appearance in England in the… Read More »Tobias Phillpot, Toby Fillpot, or the plain Toby Jug – a brief history of the early years.
An interesting man, was John Newton. He was born near Liverpool to a father who was a sailor and a mother who died when he… Read More »The Amazingly Grace-ful John Newton 1725 – 1807
I find it fascinating to see how the writing box, otherwise called a Lap Desk, developed through the 18th and 19th Centuries. For this post… Read More »Eighteenth Century Writing Boxes
It is a curious thing, fate. Most people comply with the adage of Master Shakespeare (‘some are born great; some achieve greatness, and others have… Read More »Would the real Dick Turpin please stand up…
I have always thought that this entry in Richard’s diary (“froze the water in the Chamber pot”) is one of his most descriptive passages! It… Read More »Froze the water in the chamber pot….
So writes my ancestor Richard Hall about his wedding to Betty Snooke, sister to his late brother-in-law. As I have explained in The Journal of… Read More »Re-marriage of Richard Hall, 14th December 1780
It is interesting to see how many of the key names and traditions of modern horse racing date back to the second half of the… Read More »18th Century horse racing.
Sunshine and Snowstorm by Walter Launt Palmer On Tuesday 7th December 1784 Richard Hall noted that there was “snow last night, very Cold.”… Read More »A hard winter in the 18th Century – snow and frost all December.