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Advice for Pickpockets: How to draw as much attention to yourself as possible...
I love this news story from 1807, which throws some surprising light on how a Georgian prostitute/pickpocket might have gone …Continue reading »
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Streaking in bad weather not a good idea (1791)
In the eighteenth century as in any other, a trip to the local pub provided some escape from the monotony …Continue reading »
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Elizabeth Bennet, shirt stealer? (1796)
…. Not the Elizabeth Bennet I know! Good Lord. - Detail from ‘Arrest of a Woman at Night by Thomas …Continue reading »
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Richard III & Napoleon Bonaparte, bosom buddies? (1813)
Today’s announcement about the discovery of the bones of King Richard III has kept the media rather busy. Whatever the …Continue reading »
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The Tragic Ballad of Crazy Jane, c.1800
On a visit to Scotland, a ‘Lady’ (recorded as being the renowned beauty and novelist Lady Charlotte Campbell) was startled …Continue reading »
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Drunken Lovers, 1798
“Observe how I step in the Line, Though eight Quarts I have carried away; O Bet! you will never be …Continue reading »
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Beware the ‘Squeaking Woman’!! (1728)
In eighteenth-century London, it seems it was not only the living who were disturbing the peace – the city also …Continue reading »
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A Scene on the Main Deck, 1824
“EXPLANATION.– In the fore-ground are three Seamen playing at cards, one of whom, by the archness of his countenance, appears …Continue reading »
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Champaign Driving Away Real Pain, 1825
“Wine Cures the Gout, the Colic and the Phthisic, Wine is to all men the very Best of Physic.” - …Continue reading »
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The lewd women made me do it, 1752
Poor old James Holt, a man who went to the scaffold not entirely convinced that the death sentence was the …Continue reading »
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Considerably Intoxicated, 1832
Historical Drunkard of the Day: - detail from ‘The Six Gradations of a Drunkard’, 1832
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Why ladies fancy a man with mustachios, 1707
“If you find him with Mustachios, he’s certainly a Size above ordinary in his own Conceit; aye, and is fancied …Continue reading »
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The Drunken Fellow, 1797
This Historical Drunkard of the Day is particularly close to my heart, hailing as he does from my beloved Oxford: …Continue reading »
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The History of Love
Dear Readers, I have been a sporadic poster (postress?) of late, & as the vast majority of my work now …Continue reading »
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