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Today we’re exploring the life of Beau Brummell. An individual who has come to be known as the “first menswear influencer”. Where did he come from and how did he end up?
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Caricature of Beau Brummell done as a print by Robert Dighton, 1805. Colour version scanned from Priestley's The Prince of Pleasure by H. Churchyard.
Photograph of Irena Sedlecká’s 2002 statue of Beau Brummell in Jermyn Street in London. Photograph taken in 2012 by Herr uebermann.
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Portrait of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) (1773-1774). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Relief map of England (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En...)
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Soldiers of the 10th Light Dragoons by George Stubbs (1793). Held by the Royal Collection.
The Marriage of George IV when Prince of Wales by Henry Singleton (1795). Held by the Royal Collection.
Photograph of the exterior of 4 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5J taken in 2016 by Spudgun67.
Man's Suit (habit à la française) (c. 1790) ©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Taishi Hirokawa.
A print from Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of Camp, Court, Club and Society 1810 to 1860 published in 1865. It shows a ball at Almack's, supposedly in the year 1815, and the couple on the left are annotated as 'Beau Brummell in Deep Conversation with the Duchess of Rutland'. According to the author the original was presented to Beau Brummell himself by the artist. This copy is from the collection of the British Museum.
“The bow window at White's”. From Pinterest - @The Bow Windows at White’s.
“A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion” by James Gillray ([London] : Pubd. by H. Humphrey, 1792 July 2d.). Held by the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3142
The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York by Henry Singleton (1791). Held by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Frontispiece to Male and Female Costume: Grecian and Roman Costume, British Costume from the Roman Invasion until 1822 and the Principles of Costume Applied to the Improved Dress of this Present Day (first published 1932).
Blank administrative map of France for geolocation, with distinguished regions and departments. Approximate scale: 1:3,000,000 (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Photograph of the exterior of Bon Sauveur taken in 2008 by Karldupart.
Quoted texts:
“Beau Brummell” from Miscellaneous Works Volume I: Habits and Men by John Doran (1857)
Philip Carter, ODNB entry on “Beau Brummell”
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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