Regency Collection (page 10)

Portrait of Rowland Bloxam, nephew to Sir Thomas Lawrence. Chubby boy in dress tied with blue ribbon. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait of Thomas Lawrence Bloxam, nephew to Sir Thomas Lawrence. In dress tied with a pink ribbon. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait of the Calmeady children in an embrace. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraving by Frederick Christians Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G. Patmores Cabinet of Gems, Ackermann, London, 1837

Alighting from a coach
A young girl in Regency costume being escorted from her coach by a young suitor with a tricorn hat. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: circa 1905

Bystander Christmas Number 1932
Inner front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1932 featuring a stylised illustration by Tom Gentleman of a coach and four galloping through the snow. Date: 1932

Young sweethearts
Regency couple dressed for a ball. The boy helps his girl with her cloak. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1901

Dapper Regency lad
Torso of a young Regency man wearing a brown great coat with capes and a black conical hat. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1903

Shoe black (shoeshine boy) and client, in 18th century style. 18th century

Inside view of the Poultry Compter, 1811, a London prison in Cheapside operated from medieval times to 1815. This particular building was built soon after the great Fire of London, 1666

Southwest view of Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital and London Wall, 1814. In the 18th century, visitors paid a penny at the Penny Gate to view the inmates

Parts of the London Wall and Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital, built in 1675. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

Arch of London Bridge as it appeared in the Great Frost of 1814. Two watermen whose boat has crashed into a groin are pulled to safety by rope

North view of the cell in the Southwest Tower of the Tower of London, 1803. Early Pointed Style. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1811

Ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel, 1813
North-east view of the ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn

Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel, 1812
Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

Ancient parts of the Church of St. Dunstan in the East. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1813

Walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, 1797
Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut

Part of the Vestibule of the Temple Church, built 1185. Decorated Norman style architecture with pointed arches and heads

West entrance to the vestibule of the Temple Church, built 1185. Decorated Norman style architecture. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1811

Back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew
North-east view of the back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew the Greater, built 1102. Door to charnel house at right

Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard Sawyer from John Thomas Smiths Topography of London, 1810

Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, London
Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, 101 The Strand, London. View of the library room with people looking at paintings, books and prints under gas light fittings by F.C. Accum

A meeting at a masquerade ball
A meeting at a ball: A masked woman and Normandy girl flirt with a revolutionary man in bicorn and cockade, while a woman in drag as a Turkish man interrupts and a double bass player looks

Preparing for a masked ball, 1800s
Preparations for a masquerade. We no longer see harlequins and pierrots at masked balls, but instead costumes of Switzerland and Normandy

Two merveilleuses with a fortune teller
Their credulity is her only science. A fortune teller reads the cards for two credulous merveilleuses in shawls and turbans

Two pretty maids helping to dress two old crones
La toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30)

Merveilleuses eating ice cream at a Paris cafe
Fashionable women or merveilleuses eating ice cream with their dogs at a cafe, circa 1800. The menu includes lemon, orange, pistachio, and creme blanche

Mother playing with baby and daughter in a garden
A young mother dandles a baby, while a little girl with a doll leans against her lap. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

New Years Gifts
A boy in dragoon uniform scrabbles for sweets under his fathers legs, while a baby plays with a puppet on his mothers lap. A black servant boy prays for a gift at left

Cavalcade at Longchamp racetrack
Cavalcade de Longchamp. Two incroyables (fops) mounted on heavy dray horses instead of thoroughbreds at Longchamp racetrack

Two May-September couples dancing at a ball
Two May-September couples at a ball. The old and ugly partners have arranged the company of two young, good-looking escorts, who flirt with each other

Fashionable couples dancing La Sauteuse
Fashionable couples dancing la Sauteuse, a pair dance popular circa 1800. The man grips the woman around the waist, while jumping from foot to foot and spinning her around

Two incroyables (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two merveilleuses by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy

Three Parisian graces, circa 1800. Three unattractive maids wear the latest Paris fashions. Its certainly true that in fashion a servile herd of imitators abounds

Merveilleuses playing the four corners game of tag
The four corners game of tag. Five merveilleuses in muslin dresses play the game of four corners, a version of tag. Illustration by Dominique Bosio

Merveilleuses playing the game of La Main Chaude
La main chaude or Paumele. Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of hot hands. One girl buries her head in anothers lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

Merveilleuses playing badminton in a garden
Badminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

Three girls in mid-calf length dresses and pantalons dancing with a shawl. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Merveilleuses and incroyables dancing the waltz, a newly popular dance imported from Germany. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Street entertainer performing on a horn and violin. After removing his huge glasses from his nose, the old geezer blows on his horn (sarbacane) and plays the violin, grimacing all the time

Bride examining the contents of her marriage basket. Her bridesmaids show her lace, jewelry, diaments and finery. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Jacques de Falaise, street entertainer who ate anything. He is shown eating a live mouse, holding a snake, while an assistant receives a dagger and rose from the audience

English fashions and military uniforms, 1815. One woman on the right wears French-influenced fashions, while talking with a hussar and dragoon

French fashions and English uniforms, 1815. Two French courtesans in white frilled dresses are approached by English soldiers, dragoons and hussars

Flower-mania. Woman with as many flowers on her dress and hair as there are in the basket and vase near her. The ridiculous abundance of every kind of flowers on the dress

Old woman trying on a pink bonnet in a shop, circa 1815
Old woman trying on a pink bonnet in front of three young shopgirls, Women appear to have sworn to lie about youth up to their last breath

Caricature of English costumes, circa 1815. Men with flowerpot hats, long coats and trousers worn over boots, women in shawls with tassles

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