Gambling the night away – a noble pursuit.
I never cease to be amazed at the huge losses run up by wealthy gamblers in the Georgian Era. Caricaturists had a field day, as… Read More »Gambling the night away – a noble pursuit.
I never cease to be amazed at the huge losses run up by wealthy gamblers in the Georgian Era. Caricaturists had a field day, as… Read More »Gambling the night away – a noble pursuit.
Two etchings from the same year, both courtesy of the British Museum, featuring a crop – the name given to a short haircut which started to come… Read More »Cop the crop – men’s haircuts in 1791
Just a note to put a date in your diary if you are likely to be in London on Tuesday 29th July. I am giving… Read More »Philip Astley, Circus Showman – From Westminster Bridge to the World
I rather like the way that caricaturists in the Georgian period liked to include their employer’s print shop in the background. Indeed there must have… Read More »The print shop selling prints of a print shop selling prints…
Trawling through the Gentleman’s Magazine for July 1792 I came across a lovely letter to the Editor, giving details of a coach trip in 1719,… Read More »Tripadvisor in the Eighteenth Century? A review of Inns from 1719
I thought it would be fun to look at a trio of caricatures with the same title – “A pig in a poke” The initial two… Read More »A trio of pigs in pokes