Regency Advertisements: To the Ladies

This ad appeared in the July 1819 issue of La Belle Assemblee.  This is a by a woman for women kind of ad. I have Continue

Regency Advertisements: Mr. Horder, the elegant dancing or fencing master

  Appearing in 1807 La Belle Assemblee, the ad for Mr. Horder’s services does make you wonder why he removed from his Academy to teach Continue

Regency Advertisements: Studies in Landscape

January 1818 Ackermann’s Repository This is actually pretty impressive, as John Laporte (1761-1839) was a talented and known landscape painter and etcher.  From London, Laporte’s daughter Continue