The Regency World of Lesley-Anne McLeod

Author of thirteen Regency romance novels. Lover of early 19th century English history, fashion and art. Fan of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. www.lesleyannemcleod.com

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Norway Spruce Fir, Picea abies (1819) by Pancrace Bessa taken from 'The North American Sylva' by François André Michaux.

Wikimedia.

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Circa 1825 Amethyst Parure In The Mellerio dits Meller Archives

Source: nytimes.com

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ab. 1800 Attr. to Marie-Gabrielle Capet, previously attr. to Constance Mayer - Portrait of unknown woman with her child

(Musée Cognacq-Jay)

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HMS Victory by Moonlight, 1802, by Patrick O’Brien (1960-)

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Winter Landscape, Caspar David Friedrich, 1811

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Parasol

c.1805

Europe

LACMA (Accession Number: M.67.8.123)

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Dress

c.1825

Probably the United States

Museum at FIT (Object number: 2007.41.1)

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Ensemble

c.1815-1825

Palais Galliera

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A presentation sword given to Lieutenant Charles Peake as a token of gratitude by the Men of His Ship Euryalus when recommissioned for Foreign Service in 1821. Peake had taken temporary charge of the ship that year and his shipmates’ gratitude was very clear as, in addition to this wonderful sword, he was given a beautiful presentation silver cup.

The dedication reading ‘Presented by the seamen of His Majesty’s Ship Euryalus to Lieunt Charles Peake; as a token of their esteem and gratitude: XXVIIIth Augst MDCCCXXI’,

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Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise by proxy, Vienna, March 11, 1810, hand-coloured engraving by and after Johann Hieronymus Löschenkohl

Fancy a royal wedding? Napoleon and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, had three of them. They were married in a religious ceremony in Vienna on March 11, 1810, though Napoleon was not present for the occasion. They then had a civil wedding Château de Saint-Cloud on April 1, and another religious wedding on April 2 in Paris. For details of the festivities, see “The Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise.”

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Tiara crown, 1820, Italy.

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1807 Giuseppe Mazzola - Portrait of Giuseppe Antonio Petrolini

(Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico)

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Men’s ring dating 1798-1800. High carat gold, seed pearls, and cobalt blue glass make up the ring. The micro carving depicts the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797. Sold by Rowan and Rowan. 

The vessels are set on a cobalt blue glass ground, in an octagonal glazed compartment, within a seed pearl surround. The frigates are inscribed in sepia ink with initials T and PG, for the Spanish ship Terrible and the British ship Prince George, engaged in the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent off the coast of Portugal in 1797, where the British emerged victorious. The carving is in the style of  Stephany and Dresch, ivory sculptors in miniature, active in Britain in the late 18th century.

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A ticket to the funeral of Lord Horatio Nelson, 9th of January, 1806 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

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Bedstead by Charles-Honore Lannuier, 1816-19, New York City.

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from Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet published in London 1808

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1820 Robert Street - Portrait of William H. Klapp

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)