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Regency Hot Spots: Mr. Sass’s Academy

By Anne | May 14, 2018 - 1:27 pm |November 11, 2021 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Men, Regency Pastimes

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New Picture of London (1830) Sass’s Academy, later Cary’s Academy, was a London art school that provided training for pupils wishing to enter the Royal Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Holland House

By Anne | April 22, 2018 - 7:36 am |May 14, 2018 Regency Hot Spots

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New Picture of London, 1830 Off Kensington High Street, a great, rambling mansion served as the Whig headquarters for 30 years during the early 1800s. Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Public Recreations in Paris

By Anne | April 14, 2018 - 7:32 am |May 1, 2018 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Travel

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I came across this article in the February 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee, and thought it was the perfect snapshot of Paris “hot spots” Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Sans Pareil Theatre

By Anne | March 8, 2018 - 9:42 am |July 24, 2023 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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What would later become the Adelphi Theatre, the Sans Pareil (Without Compare) Theatre was founded in 1806 in The Strand by colour merchant John Continue →