It’s been a little while since my last round-up – but I hope this nest of tweets wait was worth the wait. First up, the fascinating story of the artist, two sisters and their mother. Portrait of the Regency: An Artist’s Love Story https://t.co/TqMdswBE0a via @AngelynSchmid — Lauren Gilbert (@LaurenGilbert9) February 15, 2016 Makes you wonder what […]
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Dr Johnson’s House, 18th century costumes, Nelson’s sailors, a curse, riding habits, and a round-up of Georgian non-fiction
The Costume Society, which specialises in the 18th century, published a list of extant costumes. Joanna Waugh pointed us at another beautiful resource. #London Street Views Index https://t.co/60Dk61ybni #history #merchants #Regency #Georgian #Victorian pic.twitter.com/vCnjoPHJHF — Joanna Waugh (@JoannaWaugh1) January 28, 2016 An interesting talk at Dr Johnson’s House next month: New #event! Explore the association […]
Tom Jones, educating the poor, Ehtesham Uddin, a gypsy romance, monsters, Norton Folgate – and free resources
A particularly good week for lovers of lovely Georgian stuff. In the week I blogged on a terrible case of child “dropping” in Bristol, and cited the fictional baby Tom Jones, I saw this wonderful treatment by Posy Simmons on Twitter. Two great stories by William Savage (@penandpension): one about educating the poor of Norfolk and the other on publicly […]
Convict love tokens, The Fallen Woman, how to save a drowning man, George III’s maps and beds and bedding
Two stories on love tokens given by convicts before they departed on the transportation ships: Love Tokens: Voices of the Condemned. https://t.co/T3XH1CqtuV pic.twitter.com/tYg1YGyTif — Tracey Hughes (@Traceyhughes200) January 11, 2016 Last words of love. https://t.co/xQADF5fk5f pic.twitter.com/273IWio1Yf — Ann Marie Flanagan (@annmarieeeeflan) January 11, 2016 Lee Jackson shared this gem: men swimming naked in 1825. I think […]
Grace Dalrymple, Love Letters, Fanny Burney, Phillis Wheatley… and a dead cat
An important week for Joanne Major and Sarah Murden of All Things Georgian. They’re having to cope with all the excitement over their new book about Grace Dalrymple, An Infamous Mistress, which has just been published by Pen & Sword. But they still managed to find time to amuse us with the story of Newcastle’s […]
Mary Hicks, Phoebe Hessell, Thomas Barrett, Georgian publications and fair use images
Latest Georgian gems include: A fascinating exploration of the life of Mary Hicks, born in 1766; died in the workhouse aged 104. Via @FlickeringLamps Another long life remembered: Phoebe Hessell, veteran soldier, mother of nine, fish seller, dead at only 108. Via @GeorgianGent Don’t miss Thomas Barrett: Artist, thief, forger and mutineer at Journal of Art in […]