by Diane Morris | Mar 9, 2017 | Life & Times, Regency clothing
My previous blog described Johnstone’s London Commercial Guide,1 published in 1818. The guide includes a street directory showing which individual or business worked at a specific address. I had been browsing Johnstone’s guide to find surgeons who were...
by Diane Morris | Mar 10, 2016 | Regency clothing
After giving a presentation in character as the opinionated 18th-century baroness Lady Purvis — I was the guest speaker at Ossoli Circle, the oldest federated women’s club in the South (founded in 1885) — thanks, Ladies — I am relieved to find that my homemade...