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Dueling Fashionistas: Lady Jane Harrington v. Jane Halliday

Lady Elizabeth Foster v. Lady Elizabeth Seymour Conway v. Countess of Lincoln

December 5, 2012 1780s Countess of Lincoln Dueling Fashionistas Frances grey hair Hedgehog wig Lady Elizabeth Foster Lady Elizabeth Seymour Conway Sir Joshua Reynolds 4 Comments

Borovikovsky’s Blue Sashed Ladies

November 7, 2012 18th Century 19th century blue sashes Borovikovsky Fashion white gowns 9 Comments

Sarah Siddons v. Anonymous Lady v. Mrs. Robinson

March 22, 2012 Fashion Gainsborough Mrs. Robinson Sarah Siddons 11 Comments

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Research

18th Century Clothing Notebook
18th Century Directory
Anglo American Legal Tradition
Debrett's Essential Guide to the Peerage
Dictionary of Military Architecture
Dictionary of Sexual Terms and Expressions
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Eighteenth Century Studies
Horwood's Plan of London and Westminster
Kipar's Late 17th Century Clothing
Kyoto Costume Institute Archives, 1720-1993
Ladies Magazine, 1790-1825
Locating London's Past
Medieval and Classical Library
Old Bailey Online
Recollections of Leonard Autie
The Georgian Index
The Lewis Walpole Library
The Peerage
The Regency Page
V&A 18th Century Fashion

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Elizabeth Chadwick: Living the History
Enchanted by Josephine
History Hoydens
History Undressed
Laura Purcell | Historical Fiction, Georgian Style
Madame Guillotine
Past Times Books
Tea at Trianon
Versailles and More

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Hearts Through History
Mary Jean Adams
Risky Regencies
Titillating Tidbits about the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette

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