Georgians revealed : life, style and the making of modern Britain
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Georgians revealed : life, style and the making of modern Britain
Classmark: Bedford Collection E010
Creator(s): Goff, Moira; Goldfinch, John; Limper-Herz, Karen; Peden, Helen; Goodrich, Amanda (1957-)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Related people: Hanover, House of; Hanover, House of
Publisher: The British Library
Publication city: London
Date(s): 2013
Language: English
Size and medium: 168 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/730967
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019922677505181
Description
Includes bibliographical references (page 166) and index.
Homes and gardens -- Architecture / Karen Limper-Herz -- Interior and garden design / Karen Limper-Herz -- Entertaining at home / Moira Goff -- Shopping and fashion -- Trades and tradesmen / Helen Peden -- Shops ans shopping / Helen Peden -- Fashion / Moira Goff -- Culture and ideas -- Theatre and celebrity culture / Moira Goff -- New entertainment genres / Moira Goff -- Museums, art galleries and charities / John Goldfinch -- Leisure and pleasure -- Dancing and assemblies / Moira Goff -- Sport / John Goldfinch -- Tourism / Karen Limper-Herz.
For over a hundred years (1714 - 1830) a King George sat on the British throne. It was a time of transformation, as cities grew, industry thrived and trade expanded round the world. New prosperity was celebrated in great country houses and beautifully landscaped gardens, while taste and elegance drove social etiquette and fostered a new consumer boom. Travel became easier, from Grand Tours for the rich to journeys by stagecoach or private carriage for others, encouraging the spread of fashions and ideas. An explosion in print culture also brought new horizons, as an increasingly literate society devoured newspapers, satirical pamphlets, magazines and the newly emerging novel form. Yet what do we really know about the people of this Augustan age, whose beliefs and preoccupations have so influenced our own? 'Georgians Revealed' explores the realities of their daily lives through a fascinating variety of objects, from playbills to porcelain, architects' plans to fashion plates. Exhibition:
British Library, London, UK (8.11.2013-11.3.2014).
"On the occasion of the British Library exhibition Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain 8 November 2013-11 March 2014."
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection E010: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on inside front cover: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: HL/169.
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