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Madame Tussaud's Waxworks in London

The making of life-size wax figures wearing real clothes grew out of the funeral practices of European royalty. In the Middle Ages it was the habit to carry the corpse, fully dressed, on top of the...

Mad about Mob Caps

Caps of all shapes and sizes had long been in use by men and women as fashion accessories and protection from the elements. There was an added benefit to the Regency miss, which Jane Austen wrote a...

Make A Mob Cap

The Mob Cap, synonymous with the early American "founding mothers" Martha Washington and Betsy Ross, was actually a fashionable accessory worn by many women throughout the Georgian Era. Named for i...

Blanc-Manger: A dainty dish, fit for Kings

First made from meat, it transformed from a savory dish to the sweet pudding it is now

Furnishing Fashionably: Ackermann's Repository, 1816

What was Ackermann's Repository? Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. Although commonly called Ackermann's Repositor...

William Herschel and the Bath Museum of Astronomy

Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS  (15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer, composer, and brother of Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, Her...

A Jane Austen Christmas by Maria Grace- A Review

detailing several Georgian holiday customs from the season of Advent through Twelfth Night

Martha Lloyd's Whooping Cough Cure

Martha Lloyd's Whooping Cough Cure With Whooping Cough (Pertussis) reaching epidemic levels in recent years, a push to promote vaccination against it has received renewed publicity. As part of the...

Giovanni Battista Belzoni

November 1778 – 3 December 1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. Belzoni was born in Padua. His fath...

Jane Austen Cover to Cover by Margaret C. Sullivan, a review

A Review by Sophie Andrews

Jane Austen’s First Love: A Novel, by Syrie James – A Review

A review by Christina Boyd of Austenprose

Rural Residences: Designs for Cottages, Small Villas and Other Buildings 1817

One of the services Ackerman's Repository of the Arts provided for it's readers (both at the time of publication and today) was the inclusion of colored fashion plates depicting not only the styles...