Showing posts with label regency. Show all posts
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Poll: Which of these Regency films have you seen?

Of the following selection of period dramas set in the Regency era,
which ones have you seen?

(For films with more than one adaption, I've only listed the title once.)




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at 5/13/2011 Tags: ,

18th & 19th Century Wedding Gallery

After profiling dresses from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, I thought it only fitting to feature some wedding gowns from earlier times. Here are dresses from the 1700's and 1800's...

From McCord museum: This dress was worn in 1763 by Mary Chaloner in Guiseborough, England, when she married Colonel John Hale. The groom had served under Major-General James Wolfe in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, and it was he who brought the news of Wolfe's death back to George III in England.
(Not only do I love the design of the dress, I like the historical connection since my ancestor who first crossed the Atlantic, was part of General Montcalm's fleet, who fought against Wolfe.)

Wedding dresses worn by Helena Bonham Carter in Frankenstein (1760s)
and Keira Knightley in 'The Duchess (1774)

1770 wedding as portrayed in film Marie Antoinette

early 18oo's - double wedding, in Pride & Prejudice (1995)

early 1800's - wedding in Sense & Sensibility (1995)

Sources: McCord Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Manchester Galleries, Tidens Toj, V&A Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Antique Dress, Augusta Auctions, Powerhouse Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institute, Indiana State Museum

1700s / 1742 / 1742












1774 / 1774 / 1776












1775 / 1776 / 1795












1797 / 1799












1810 / 1814












1815 / 1816 / 1824












1825 / 1828 / 1830












1830 / 1831 / 1833












1835 / 1839 / 1839













[Following 6 are from Indiana State Museum]

1806 / 1827 / 1850-59












1855 / 1865 / 1886













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at 3/31/2011 Tags: , , ,

Weddings From the Past - An Index


Index to image galleries & articles of weddings from years gone by...

I've been fascinated with period fashion of late and discovered some great websites with dresses from various eras that have me longing for the enchanting styles of yesteryear. While perusing and ooh-ing and ahh-ing, it dawned on me that I could spend hours focused on wedding fashion alone, so I've planned a few posts which will highlight the wonderful dresses worn on that special day, whether they be museum pieces, vintage or vintage-inspired! Hope you enjoy walking down memory lane with me!

Paintings featured in top banner:
"Call to Arms" - Edmund Blair Leighton
"Signing the Register" - Edmund Blair Leighton
"The Wedding Morning" - John Henry Frederick Bacon
"Pamela is Married" - Joseph Highmore
"None but the Brave Deserve the Fair" - James Shaw Crompton

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at 3/11/2011 Tags: , , , , ,
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