Fashion and Fun in 1791

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What's Up in 1791

See Wikipedia's 1791 page or see the 1791 Calendar. BrainyHistory also has a 1791 Page as does Jack Lynch

See a plate from Portraits de deputes (1791) or from The Natural History of British Insects (Vol. I, 1791)

Read documents of 1791 such as The Constitutional Act, 1791; a Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791; the French Constitution du 3 Septembre 1791; an English translation of Olympe de Gouge's Declaration of the Rights of Women; a Polish or English version of the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791; America's 1791 Bill of Rights; the 1791 US Treaty with the Cherokee Indians; Martha Ballard's Diary

The site tells about a theatrical performance on Vermont Schooling in 1791

Read about the history of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England in 1791 or the 1791 borough of Penryn, Cornwall, England

Novels and Poetry of 1791

Elizabeth Inchbald A Simple Story

Anna Marie Mackenzie The Danish Massacre: An Historical Fact

Ann Radcliffe Romance of the Forest

Clara Reeve School for Widows

Mary Darby Robinson Poems

Susanna Rowson Charlotte Temple [Oxford University Press Edition Available]

Charlotte Smith, Celestina

Novels Set in 1791

Cartland, Barbara. The Mask of Love. The Bantam Barbara Cartland Library 29. NY: Bantam Books, 1975.

Portrait of 1791

Mrs. William Mosely and Her Son Charles (1791) by Ralph E. W. Earl (Yale University Art Gallery) I love this woman's dress! The navy blue redingote trimmed with gold is a very feminine version of the masculine/military style. The hat is adorable, but I would certainly want those fluffy white tassels removed! [There are some good books on Earl: Ralph Earl (2000) and Ralph Earl (1967)]

The 1791 Volume of The Lady's Magazine

This is a fashion plate for June,1791, from the Journal des Luxus und der Moden  (published in German in Weimar, Austria-Hungary [now Germany], from 1786 to 1827) . The plate features a woman in walking dress holding a "walking-stick sun shade."

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