We can share anything that relates to the Regency era and might be interesting or fun in a way. ;)



I was browsing through deviantArt and I found these paintings which are based on Austen's works. They are pretty impressive:
http://himmapaan.deviantart.com/gallery/#Folio-Austen


This is a youtube video based on the Beau Brummell film with James Purefoy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xW2zkcXQPFc


And a rather amusing site with paper dolls. A great portion of it is realted to the Regency era, and there are some nice ideas for dresses:
http://www.paperdolls.com/pages/dressem.htm

Edmund Blair-Leighton has many beautiful Regency paintings:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:...+Leighton&go=Go


My favorites so far are these:





http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...-_Courtship.jpg
(This one is huge so I didn't put it here directly!)

Those are LOVELY Aida :) I'm familiar with his medieval works, but hadn't seen his Regency-inspired artwork. I love his style!!

Oh, I love Edmund Blair-Leighton! I have a massive poster of "The Accolade" over my bed. I didn't know he did these regency pictures as well though. I've seen them quite often on the covers of Georgette Heyer books but I didn't know who painted them!

Edit: more dress up dolls!

Regency heroine
Regency hero

I didn't know he had Regency paintings either. I thought he had only fantastic medieval works, until I found these by accident! :)

I just love this painting! :D Couldn't resist sharing it:

(Two Strings to her Bow - by John Pettie)



And I saw this one at Louvre last summer, found it a couple of days ago on the net. I imagine this is how Thomas would look like in a couple of years, with his daughter!

(Jean Baptist Isabey Miniaturist with his Daughter - by François Gérard)



A woman painting. She has very beautiful paintings:

(Self Portrait - by Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun)



I really like the colour combination in this one, and the lady's expression:

(Portrait of Madame Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angely - by François Gérard)

Ooooh.. those are lovely :D
I found an extra large version of "Two String to her Bow" here and have a new desktop background! Hah! :D

I also love that painting of "Thomas" - isn't it funny how we can see our characters in paintings sometimes? :D (That is so cool that you actually saw it in person though!)
And Vigee-Lebrun is one of my favorite, favorite painters!!!

Oh! I'm glad you liked "Two String to her Bow"!! The triumphant look on her face is just wonderful! And the gentlemen's expressions! :D

I was actually fixated on the "Thomas" painting for some minutes, and I took several pictures but they didn't turn out very good! My friend was wondering why I wouldn't move on! :P

I love the reds Vigee-Lebrun uses in her paintings! They are so vibrant, and the portraits are so vivid and powerful, unlike how women usually used to paint from what I've seen.

Some funny-ish pics! :)

Elopement:


Angelo's Fencing (1787):


A Game of Guessing the Kisser! (1811):


The Berkeley Slip :D:

Royal Academy of Arts:


- 1800 -


- 1881 -

Guess who's in the second pic? ;)

It's time for another batch of pretty pictures! :)

The Brave Deserve the Fair

by Henry Gillard Glindoni

Why Hesitate?

by Henry Gillard Glindoni
(tsk, tsk, tsk... irresponsible chaperone!)

Competing for Attention

by Henry Gillard Glindoni

Fan Flirtation

by Henry Gillard Glindoni

The Duet

by George Goodwin Kilburne
(At the soirée?)

The Rehearsal

by George Goodwin Kilburne
(Another soirée piece!)

The Afternoon Visitor

by Charles Soulacroix

Contemplation

by Henry John Yeend King
(Helena and Croquembouche!!)

Picking Flowers for Posy

by Charles Haigh-Wood
(Charity and Elise?)

These paintings are so beautiful.

I like these :)

zeees vun

und zeeees vun (love the guy's pose. Soo cute.)

und zeeeeeeees vun.

Oh, Aida, they're so beautiful! I love how expressive the body language is.

Rosie on the right. With..... Jem?

And the other music rehearsal is clearly Viola and Olivia!

Glad you've liked them! I'll post more whenever I found something interesting! :D

An 1805 version of Rock-a-bye-baby (from Songs for Nursery) from wiki:

Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green,
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen...

lol! :D

The only dance Mr. Darcy does not find beneath him is freestyle disco.

Period Drama Cravat Quiz!

and

Period Drama Crossword Puzzle!

In response to this thread! Doodled some time ago! My anthropomorphic characters! :D



I'd forgotten how a lizard and a hawk look like at the time I was drawing this... yeah...

Wonderful site for Regency costumes, accessories and hairstyles for ladies and gentlemen!


On another note, time for another batch of Regency fun! And since the soiree is near:

Music Lesson

by Vittoria Reggianini

Elegant Figures in an Interior

by Vittoria Reggianini

The Marchioness of Northampton

by Sir Henry Raeborn

And for a change:
Portrait of Mr. Jean Dominique Fabry Garat with Lyre

by Adele Romany

And for cat-lovers like myself:
Les Chats Musiciens

by Henriette Ronner-Knip

The elegant figures are clearly Rosie, Felicity and Georgiana and the Marchioness with the harp is definitely Viola. :)