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Regency Advertisements: Penetrating Hair Brushes

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This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue →

Regency Advertisements: James Atkinson, Perfumer and Avenger

By Anne | June 26, 2021 - 7:02 am |July 2, 2021 Regency Advertisements

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I love this bizarre ad so much (La Belle Assemblee, July 1819), as perfumer James Atkinson (est. 1799) offers a reward for turning in counterfeit Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Particular Information to the Ladies

By Anne | October 20, 2020 - 7:03 am |October 26, 2020 Regency Advertisements, Regency Fashion

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This ad for eyebrow darkening makeup appeared in the June 1815 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.

Regency Advertisements: For All You Military Men…

By Anne | October 18, 2017 - 7:53 am |November 15, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Men

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Now the “oldest cosmetics manufacturer in the UK” (http://johngosnell.com/about-us/history/) dating back to 1677, during the Regency era the company of Price & Gosnell had a Continue →