Today the salon doors close for a Christmas break as my rakish colonial gent and I devote ourselves to festivities. I hope you have a wonderfully merry Christmas, however you choose to spend it. I shall see you for more glorious Georgian tales and a few surprises in 2021!
A lady's false bottom is exposed! "O cruel Wind, I am not so Plump, Then why should you expose my Rump." The Distress'd Damsel in a High Wind takes aim at fashionistas in 1786. Via the British Museum. See more #gloriousGeorgians on Twitter!
This ruddy-cheeked pair are going to cause all sorts of scandal! The Elopement, or Lovers Stratagem Defeated, 1785. Via the British Museum. See more #gloriousGeorgians on Twitter!