Regency Collection (page 11)

Caricature of French and English costumes, circa 1815. The small size of English ladies hats, the excessive length of their bodices and mean cut of their dresses contrast with our Parisian fashions

Caricature of English costumes, circa 1814. Men and women in ill-fitting, badly shaped dresses, hats and coats. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Three fashionable women in bonnets with tall floral displays, holding a green shawl to form a living fruit basket. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Caricature of English fashions in Paris, 1814. Man in flowerpot hat, women in bottle-shaped gowns. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Caricature of English fashion
Caricature of English costumes. A group of tourists from England on a trip to Paris: the men in flowerpot and stovepipe hats, ill-fitting riding coats and breeches, women in tight bodice dresses

Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceiling
One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover

Woman in muslin dress with fichu wimple, and perkale skirt
Woman in a muslin dress with frills, fichu wimple, and perkale skirt. The headdress is an accessory, and its height should never equal the length of the face

Man in long carrick coat with five pelerines or capes. Our young men shorten their jackets but lengthen their coats. The coat is long, heavy and awkward

Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet and dress with
Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice

Woman in dress with spiral sleeves, ruffs and flounces
Woman with spiral sleeves, profuse ruffs and flounces, kerchief key-holder. When one talks of flounces, refer back to the reign of Louis XV, and look at the portrait of your grandmother

Fashionable people playing the parlour game
Fashionable men and women playing the parlour game called the Statue. When one is condemned to be the statue, she is placed in the centre of the room

Three graces in trousers. Three girls in turbans, dresses with frills that reach the mid-calf length and frilled pantalons or trousers. There is something strange about this costume

Jehan Pastorel, president of the parlement de Paris and advisor to the regency when Charles VI was a minor, 1328-1405. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a contemporary miniature

Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial - Brighton, East Sussex
Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial - Regency Square, Brighton, West Sussex - In memory of those from the regiment who lost their lives during the Second Boer War in South Africa - 1899-1902 - unveiled

Morning Dress circa 1810
White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny. Date: circa 1810

Costume - Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, greatcoat, frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & one man dressed all in black. Date: 1820

COSTUME AT BATH 1807
A young man writing a letter wears a loose 3/4 jacket with stand fall collar & no fastenings over his breeches & waistcoat. He wears stockings & slippers on his feet. Date: 1807

Jerry - Tailor 1820
A gentleman wearing a form of undress in patterned silk coat with roll collar & slippers while a tailor takes the measurements of a man in short coat & breeches. Date: 1820

Social - Gay Moments 1820
Tom, Jerry, Logic and Corinthian Kate have fun at home Date: 1820

Royal Academy Exhibition 1820
Fashionable art lovers attend an exhibition at the Royal Academy Date: 1820

EVENING DRESS 1816
Gown with high waist situated just below the bust. The sleeves & hemline are lavishly adorned with flowers & foliage. Lace edged gloves & a turban with aigrette are worn. Date: 1816

Costume - Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817

EVENING DRESS 1819
Gauze round dress with pink spots over white satin slip; flounces of blond lace at the hem. The bodice is cut low revealing the shoulders & is trimmed with bows. Date: 1819

MAN OF 1790S
Fanciful Edwardian depiction of costume of the 1820s but looking somewhat earlier: coat described as a Jean-de- Bry, many fob ribbons, hessian boots, tall crowned hat. Date: early 19th century

YELLOW EVENING GOWN 1823
Yellow gown with intricate detailing at hem, sleeves & bodice & with a star-burst detail at the bust. She wears flowers & feathers in her hair & a holds a sheer scarf. Date: 1823

Costume - Women 1816
Staw bonnet with a high crown, white percale robe with tucks on the cuffs, bodice & hem possibly worn over a chemisette & with an embroidered ruff. Date: 1816

Women at Theatre 1814
Crape gown, demi-train, shawl of cashmire, amber jewellery; hair a la Grecque with gold comb. Round dress, long lace sleeves, gold jewellery, black lace shawl; hair: Romano-Greek. Date: 1814

A LADY AND HER BILLS
A dejected lady seeks comfort in coffee as she contemplates bills for dresses, shawls, carpets, lingerie, flowers and ribbons Date: circa 1815

GAME / KISSING / FRANCE
Le Baiser a la Capucine - a French kissing game Date: circa 1810

Man in Black 1813
Black woollen suit: cut-away coat, short waistcoat with stand collar, breeches with falls, knitted stockings, pumps, top hat & pink lining, white cravat & shirt ruffles. Date: 1813

Vauxhall Gardens - 1820
Tom, Jerry and Logic making the most of an evening at Vauxhall Gardens. Date: 1820

Regency Children
Bessies Bun. Symmetrical group of young boys in their Regency costumes keep their eyes on Bessie and her Bun. Artist: Hilda Dix Sandford. Date: circa 1908

Changing silhouette of womens fashion between 1812 - 1912
Hundred years of womens fashion, showing the silhouettes of change starting in 1812 Regency era with narrow gown, to Victorian era wider and wider bustle dresses

Speech by Gabriele D Annunzio - Free State of Fiume
Speech by D Annunzio on 20th September 1919 at the city of Fiume (now in Croatia and, since the end of World War II, known as Rijeka)

Woman sitting at a mirror while her hairdresser combs her hair.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Ansteys The New Bath Guide, John Browne, Bath, 1807

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