The Bath Daily Photo is one of my favorite sites to visit. Recently, James Russiello has been posting a series of photos of Bath Abbey on his blog as a tribute to Hokusai’s Fugaku Sanju Rokkei, or a series of 36 beautiful woodblock prints of Mt. Fuji
Click here to view James’ marvelous series, and return often to view his unique views comparing Bath Abbey to these famous prints.
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This Jane Austen trivia quiz is not as easy as you think at first glance.
I passed passably well, but did not score a perfect score (17/20). Still, it’s fun to test your knowledge of Jane’s work.
See how well you do! Then come back and share your results! Click here to take the quiz.
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Detail of C. E. Brock illustration for the 1895 edition of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice (Ch. 18), Public Domain imge, Wikimedia Commons
In Deconstructing Mr Darcy: Just How Rich Was He?, the author, Jennifer Albers-Smith, explains how wealthy he would be in 2025’s economy using contemporary 19th century resources.
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High Change in Bond Street, 1796, Gilray
In 1800 there were 150 shops in Oxford Street alone, and Jane always made time to treat herself in the city shops and to make purchases on behalf of friends and relatives in the country. She mentions buying muslin and trimmings at Grafton’s the drapers, as well as purchases of gloves, stockings, caps, bonnets, china from Wedgwood’s shop and tea from Twinings. In Gray’s the jewelers on Sackville Street Mr. John Dashwood, encountering his half-sister, excuses himself for not calling on her, as ‘one always has so much to do on first coming to town. I am come here to bespeak Fanny a seal.’ Also in the shop is a boorish dandy choosing a toothpick case adorned with ivory, gold and pearls. In Emma, Mr Elton takes Harriet’s picture to London to be framed in Bond Street, and Frank Churchill goes there to have his hair cut — though this is only an excuse contrived to conceal his true purpose, which is to purchase a piano for the woman he loves.
Jane Austen’s Town and Country Style, Susan Watkins, p 172
For further reading: Regency Shopping: Shopping Malls
Burlington Arcade, North Entrance, 1819
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