hi! so sorry if you've answered this before, but I was wondering if you had any recommendations for blogs that post similar content to yours? I'm getting into historical recreation and want a dash full of 18th century! thank you ❤️
Hi!
I’m pretty sure such post exists in the blog archive BUT not even I have been able to find it, soooo, let’s make another one! Here are some (I’m pretty sure these are not all) blogs I follow with 18th and early 19th century content:
AESTHETIC
@theprinceregent has a beautiful aesthetic blog with the occasional quote and historical data.
@montmartre-parapluie pretty post from various centuries.
HISTORY
In both a general and particular way.
@britishimerialglory British military history.
@missedinhistory if you know the podcast, here is the tumblr.
@tiny-librarian history bits, sometimes pretty historical clothes and quite a lot of Egyptian rants (which I totally love).
@vivelareine all things Marie Antoinette.
@beggars-opera mainly American history and quite funny text posts.
@bantarleton British military history, great images, funny memes and sharp comments on period dramas.
@john-laurens all things John Laurens.
@thecivilwarparlor all things Civil War.
@archaeologicalnews news about archeology.
@roses-and-railways 18th, 19th and 20th century history.
ART & ARCHITECTURE
@historicroyalpalaces just as it sounds, stuff about historic royal palaces.
@spoutziki-art art. Just art.
@master-painters many wonderful art details.
@artdetails art details. That’s it.
@versaillesadness rococo architecture.
FASHION HISTORY
People blogging mainly portraits and surviving garments, and sometimes some fashion history information.
@history-of-fashion a never ending source of portraits.
@howtoreadadress sharing the name with the book, Lydia Edwards shares some info for dating fashion. Since she’s not so active on tumblr, I recommend follow her on instagram.
@historicalcorsets a collection of stays, corsets and other historical undergarments.
@professorpski notes on fashion, history and dressmaking.
@hoop-skirts-and-corsets fashion history data, gifsets from period dramas and nice references for (maybe) your next project.
@edwardianattire existing garments of Edwardian fashion.
@lamodedelabelleepoque early 20th century fashion, perfectly tagged by year. This is one of my favourite visual reference tumblrs.
@savilerow British tailoring.
COSTUMERS / HISTORICAL REPRODUCTIONS / COSTUME DESIGN
People watch period dramas, sew clothes, dress in historical clothes and I love them.
@vinceaddams he makes 18th century and early 19th century fashion always with a dark/goth twist. I’m never getting bored of black, white and red. (you can also follow him @vincents-crows )
@vestireltiempo this girl totally rocks, Just follow her, I know what I am saying.
@cisforcostumes we always love to take a look at movie (and series) costumes.
@petitedeath sews historical costumes and her complete outfits are delightful.
@lochiels a LOT of gifsets.
@nancybirch posts about history (including some of the funniest memes) and sometimes shares her creations.
@borghildvikingcreations viking reenactor.
@kingofthenorthernforest nature and Viking reenactment.
@gunneratlarge tailor, shoemaker and reenactor.
@tooyoungtoreign because we all love the 2006 Marie Antoinette.
@austenchanted film versions of Jane Austen’s work and other period dramas.
@recycledmoviecostumes costumes are used and reused in film and this blog points them out.
MUSEUMS / ACADEMIC / RESEARCH
if you’re looking for sources even more documented:
@jstor you can hardly get more academic than this.
@librarycompany is a research library specializing in American history from the 17th - 19th centuries.
@smithsonian no very related to the 18th century BUT it’s a nice blog to follow.
@usnatarchivesexhibits and @usnatarchives National Archives Museum in Washington D.C.
@cityoflondonlibraries City of London libraries.
@thegetty The Getty museum.