Ms B–d's School of Venus

Georgian Oxford’s Politest Highway Robbery, 1765

Emily Brand — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:57:08 +0000

I feel sorry for the Oxford post-boy. Highwaymen seem to have thought him a great target. Of course, sometimes they …

Emily Brand — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:12:45 +0000

In the eighteenth-century, a trip to the theatre offered people of all classes a few hours of dramatic entertainment and …

Emily Brand — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:56:53 +0000

Last year I wrote an article for Jane Austen’s Regency World about lonely hearts adverts in the Georgian period. They …

Emily Brand — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:55:08 +0000

As you seemed to enjoy Six Stages of Mending a Face, I thought you might like Jonathan Swift’s description of …

Emily Brand — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:15:51 +0000

I have recently been perusing a lot of eighteenth-century newspapers. Mainly because I am researching brothel-keeping in country towns, but …

Emily Brand — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:48:44 +0000

Thomas Rowlandson, Six Stages of Mending a Face (29th May 1792) In the eighteenth century, a pretty face and sharp wit could …

Emily Brand — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:23:51 +0000

It was a common enough story in eighteenth-century England, and in the capital in particular: a country girl removes to …

Emily Brand — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:30:04 +0000

There were many reasons why a young man or woman might have turned to a life of crime and lewdness …

Emily Brand — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:01:34 +0000

This wonderful print may not immediately evoke images of the destitute and the debauched of Georgian society, but it does …

Emily Brand — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:15:33 +0000

I have spent many hours perusing various versions of Harris’ List of Covent Garden Ladies, which were essentially directories of …