Regency Portrait Gallery
The famous, the infamous and the wonderfully notable people of the Regency period
The famous, the infamous and the wonderfully notable people of the Regency period
I recently discovered depictions of actresses of the Regency in period magazines La Belle Asemblee and
The Lady's Monthly Museum. Their names are mostly unrecognized now, but their pictures are charming.
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Miss Smith 1812 |
Mrs. Billington as St. Cecelia |
Mrs. Edwin 1812 |
Miss Margaret Taylor 1819 |
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Miss Anne Maria Tree 1819 |
Miss Catherine Stephens as |
Miss E. W. MacAuley 1819 |
Miss Frances Maria Kelly 1819 |
Lucy Borham 1819 |
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Many regency novels, including mine, make use of historical, newsworthy personages to enhance and embellish their stories. Here are some of the most famous... |
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Beethoven |
Lady Caroline Lamb |
Madame de Stael |
Richard Sheridan |
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Mary Moser |
William Pitt |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
William Lamb Viscount Melbourne |
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The Prince Regent/George IV |
Maria Fitzherbert |
Princess Charlotte |
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg |
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Jane Austen |
George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Sir Walter Scott |
William Wordsworth |
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Duke of Wellington |
Napoleon Buonoparte |
Admiral Lord Nelson |
Lady Emma Hamilton |
