Adelaide Magnolia Letter 23 - European Trade
Bridge on the Sutlej. Sir Henry Yule 1846. Courtesy of the British Library
Flag of Dutch East India Company
Flag of B...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 22 - Mausoleums and Wax Seals
Mausoleums
Ongley Mausoleum. St. Leonard’s Church, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England. Historic Listed Building.
Milton Mausoleum....
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 21 - A Royal Marriage and Home
King George III and Queen Charlotte
King George III in Coronation Robes. 1765 Allan Ramsay. Courtesy of the Art Gallery of South Australi...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 20 - New Orleans, Land, and Race
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans. 1910 Edward Percy Moran. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The Battle of...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 19 - Apsley House and Moore
Letter #18 - Apsley House and Moore
Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, pg. 227 from “London in the Nineteenth Century” 1828. Courtesy British ...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 15 - Festive Merry-Making
Letter #15 - Festive Merry-Making
Twelfth Night Merry-Making in Farmer Shakeshaft’s Barn. C. 1850. From Mervyn Clithroe by William Ainswor...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 18 - Wellington and St. Valentine
Letter #18 - Wellington and St. Valentine
Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), The 1st Duke of Wellington, Thomas Lawrence 1815/1816. Courtesy of ...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 17 - Letters, Gossip, and Satire
Letter #17 – Letters, Gossip, and Satire
A Crossed Letter to Cassandra Austen from Jane Austen, 1808. Courtesy of the Morgan Library and Mu...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 16 - Regency Fashion
Letter #16 – Regency Fashion
Fashion Plate, “English Fashions in Nov. 1806/Parisian Fashions Nov. 1806” for ‘La Belle Assemblée’”, John Be...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 14 - Pistols at Dawn
Chivalry
No Joke. Etching by Thomas Lord Busby. 1826 London. Courtesy British Museum
Chivalry today is thought to be a term to den...
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 12 – Bath and Social Calls
Bath
Roman Baths and Abbey, IV, Bath, England. Photochrome print reproduction. ca 1890 and ca 1900. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
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Adelaide Magnolia Letter 13 – Clandestine Marriages
Gretna Green and Reputations
Smuggling Out, or Starting for Gretna Green. Etching print. Rowlandson, T; Schütz, HT. 1798. Courtesy of the M...
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