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Is sending valentines on February 14 is a modern concept? Valentine’s Day was actually big business in Georgian England. Preprinted cards didn’t exist, but would-be sweethearts and lovers exchanged handmade valentines through the mail. c 1802 handmade valentine There were customs and lore from centuries before the regency era about Valentine’s Day. Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls portrays birds choosing their mates on that day. Shakespeare’s heartbroken Ophelia mourns Valentine

The Stafford Gallery at Cleveland House, named after its owner the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, was the most celebrated collection of Old Masters in Regency London. Cleveland House was entirely rebuilt in the 1790s by the third Duke of Bridgewater who had assembled a collection of hundreds paintings. His collection included most of the paintings owned by the Duke of Orléans, which was a grand collection sold after the French Revolution in 1798. The Duke of Bridgewater’s nephew,

In so many regency stories set in London, the characters go to see a play or an opera. But concerts were just as popular. Aside from the...

Today we can put on a virtual headset and float through the International Space Station or watch a video that takes us on a virtual tour of the Faroe Islands. This seems like a modern concept, but the nineteenth century had its own immersive experiences that transported people to places they wouldn’t otherwise be able to see. The invention of the panorama was a significant change in visual culture. The panorama was arguably the most popular visual spectacle from the late eigh

Happy Valentine’s Day friends! Welcome to my blog where today I’m talking about my new Pride and Prejudice variation Mr. Darcy’s...