-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 11 โ St. James Street
St. James Street and Whiteโsย
St. James Street. James McNeill Whistler 1878. Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art.
St. James S...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 10 โ Regency Balls and Marriage
Regency Balls
A Ball at Scarborough. Thomas Rowland. 1820. Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art
Balls held a significant role...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 9 โ Marriage and Masquerades
Regency Weddings
โThe Weddingsโ, from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Art: Thomas Rowland 1817. Courtesy of TheMet
R...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 8 โ Holidays
Brighton and the Royal Pavilion
Chain Pier at Brighton. John Bruce c. 1830. Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art.
When the ri...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 6 โ British Folk Songs
British Folk Songsย
Scan of โBarbara Allanโ pg. 142 from Forget Me Not Songster, 1840. New York: Nafis & Cornish. Courtesy Internet Arc...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 7 โ Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Portrait of Jane Austen. Cassandra Austen 1810. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery
Born 16 December 1775 in H...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 5 โ Conquerors and Composers
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo: General Advance of the British Lines. 1816. Denis Dighton. Courtesy of the Royal Collection
...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 4 โ To See and Be Seen
Almackโs and the Waltz
The First Quadrille at Almackโs, 1892. From The Reminiscences and Reflections of Captain Gronow. Pub: J.C. Nimmo, Lo...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 3 โ Entertaining Society
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Richard Westall, 1813. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery (London)
โShe walk...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 2 โ Mrs. Rowden and Napoleon
Mrs. Rowdenโs School
22 Hans Place, London, Google, 2022, Accessed 9/22/2022
โGive a girl an education, and introduce her proper...
-
Adelaide Magnolia Letter 1 โ โBridgeโ the Past and Present
The Opening of Waterloo Bridge seen from Whitehall Stairs, June 18 1817, oil on canvas, by John Constable. Courtesy of the Tate Britain, Londo...
Use left/right arrows to navigate the slideshow or swipe left/right if using a mobile device