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At the Seaside in Regency England: A Poem from “News from Worthing,” 1807
Posted in Jane Austen Films, Jane Austen's World, PBS Movie Adaptation, Sanditon, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged #PBS Sanditon, Bathing machines, Circulating libraries, Robert Bloomfield, Sea dippers, Worthing on January 1, 2020| 4 Comments »
Friday Follow: A Regency Illustration of the Sea Side
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Regency seaside resorts, Sanditon on June 28, 2013| 10 Comments »
Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing — fortifying and bracing — seemingly just as was wanted — sometimes one, sometimes the other. If the sea breeze failed, the seabath was the certain corrective; and where bathing […]
Social Customs During the Regency
Posted in on November 1, 2007| 102 Comments »
This page is copyrighted (c) Jane Austen’s World. Please note: The long lists of links are arranged by topic in alphabetical order. To learn about Regency customs and life from the people who actually lived in the era, please visit the Original Sources page on top of this blog. You will find many of the […]
Seaside Fashion in Jane Austen’s Day
Posted in Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Regency Fashion on July 27, 2007| 2 Comments »
In the image of the seaside above by James Gillray (A Calm, 1810) one can see the high hem of a typical seaside dress of the day, and the bathing machines lined along the water. Bathing in the sea, especially during the cold season, became fashionable in seeking a cure for many illnesses. The following […]
The Bathing Dress: Fashion in the Georgian Era
Posted in 19th Century England, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Bathing dress, Regency Fashion, Regency sea bathing on April 27, 2013| 8 Comments »
During the 18th century women wore a long flannel shift while bathing, sometimes with lead weights sewn into the hem to keep the skirts from floating up.
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Black London by Gretchen Gerzina
Free E-Book: Gerzina has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history.
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In Sri Lanka lies the grave of Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB, Jane Austen’s Brother
The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground.
Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB
Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
Read the full article in The Sunday Times. June 27, 2021.
The Obituary of Charlotte Collins by Andrew Capes
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