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The Road to Waterloo: Week 17. The Battle is Fought, The Tourists Arrive, Napoleon Flees, The Regent Weeps
So much has been written – and is being written – about the battle of Waterloo itself that this post is not going to go into any details but will concentrate on what was known to be happening in London. … Continue reading
The Road to Waterloo Week Five – The Allied Troops Gather While Mrs Bell Corsets the Corpulent
On Easter Sunday, the 26th, Bell’s Weekly Messenger stated that no-one had arrived in England from France since the 20th March and that most of the information about Napoleon’s invasion that had been reported so far had been inaccurate. Almost … Continue reading
Filed under Buildings, Entertainment, Fashions, Napoleon, Prince Regent, Waterloo, Wellington
Cupid’s Proclamation to the Two-penny Postmen
I have just bought a bound volume of the Lady’s Magazine for 1815 and was curious to see whether St Valentine’s Day is mentioned. It is, but only in this “Proclamation” by Cupid, addressed “to the Two-penny Postmen, on Saint … Continue reading
Filed under courtship & marriage, Love and Marriage, Street life
Queen Victoria’s Papa Designs a Clock Tower
In my last blog post I described my Canadian encounters with William, Duke of Clarence, destined to become William IV, and his beautiful, somewhat older lover, Mrs Frances Wentworth. Now to discover what his brother Edward, Duke of Kent and … Continue reading
Filed under courtship & marriage, High Society, Royal family, Sex & scandal
Respectfully Inscribed?
This striking image was amongst a mixed lot of prints that I bought at auction and it struck me immediately as a strange choice for a dedications frontispiece! The crippled ex-soldier begging looks angry to me – and who can … Continue reading
Water, Water…
Some time ago I bought a charming book for children which unfortunately is missing its title page and front matter. I tracked it down from the introductory poem and found that it is a version of Rural Scenes; or, A … Continue reading
Filed under Agriculture, Animals, Books, Domestic life, Education, Weather, working life
From India to Fulham – On the Track of a Love Story
Some time ago I bought a battered little book from an on-line auction site for a few pounds. It measures approximately 8 x 6.5 inches (10 x 6 cm), the cover was battered and the thin spine had given way … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic life, Food & drink, Military
Taking A Cold Plunge
In 1702 Sir John Floyer wrote A History of Cold Bathing, promoting immersion in cold water as a cure for just about any disease then known, from scurvy to cancers. Hot springs had never entirely gone out of fashion – … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Buildings, Medicine & health
Jane Austen's London 