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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… of the Eidouranian. Front Boxes and Gallery’, Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inherita Abstract The West End of London generated new forms of networking and sociability. This entry argues that the West End was shaped by both … century) generated new forms of connection and association that we associate with the urban renaissance. The area of London from the Strand over to St James's became an embryonic pleasure district, distinctive for locations that served … 62. 3 . Clemens Zimmermann, ‘The Productivity of the City in the Early Modern Era: The Book and Art Trade in Venice and London‘, in Martina Hessler and Clemens Zimmermann (eds.), Creative Urban Milieus: Historical Perspectives on Culture, …
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Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… c. 1790-1799. 1 . Rowland Bowen, Cricket: a History of its Growth and Development throughout the World (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970), p. 59. The importance of the club may be linked to its founders and membership being … in David Oldrey, Timothy Cox and Richard Nash, The Heath & the Horse: a History of Racing and Art on Newmarket Heath. (London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016), p. 275. Nash further speculates that the noblemen dining with the King on his … Further Reading Bowen, Rowland, Cricket: a History of its Growth and Development throughout the World (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970). Ganguly, Narendranath, The Calcutta Cricket Club: Its Origin and Development …
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Ascot [ Games & Sports / Sports & Leisure ]
… Image The Illustrated London News (London, vol. 2, Jan-Jun 1843, p. 438). Image James Smyth, Frederick, ‘Pic-nic Party, At Ascot Races’, The Illustrated London News (London, vol.1, Jan-Jun 1844, p. 368) Image James Pollard, ‘The Ascot Gold Cup’, 1834, WikiCommons. Image …
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… interaction and gentlemanly conviviality, but also challenged the rules of sociability and friendship. Available in London gentlemen’s clubs for their members, betting books provided the written proof of the commitment of both parties … with the development of life insurance. ‘Life insurance was largely an urban phenomenon’ 2 and the growth of the London insurance market was associated with the expansion of English foreign trade in the second half of the seventeenth … 1 . The Connoisseur, n° 15 (Thursday May 9, 1754) 2 . Geoffrey Clark, ‘Life insurance in the society and culture of London, 1700-75’, Urban History, (vol. 24, n° 1, May 1997), p. 25. 3 . The South Sea Bubble corresponds to the …
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… c.1778. National Library of Scotland, Lynedoch MSS 3590, f. 227R. 3 . Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph, 2 Volumes (London, 1779), V. I, p. 189. The Connoisseur, a weekly London newspaper founded by George Colman the Elder, describes the gambler as one who ‘would ruin his own brother, if it … Aristocratic Vice: The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 192. Julia’s initial enthusiasm hints at the joy of gambling as an escape from …
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Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… of a more secretive and tightly connected network, the Freemasons, who helped him access high society in cities such as London, Saint-Petersburg, Paris or Madrid. But his most natural companionship came from the world of theatre. … was the object of a sustained oral practice and reworkings before it became a written autobiography. Casanova’s stay in London which lasted almost a year is an apt illustration of his usual strategy for creating social connections, as well … material profit, such contacts bolstered his aspirations to be part of the Republic of letters. But Casanova had come to London hoping to establish a type of lottery that he had successfully launched in Paris and for that he needed to be …
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Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… Table at Devonshire House’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 41.77.1, 1791. Image Richard Seymour, The Compleat Gamester (London: E. Curll, 1734) (frontispiece). Abstract Although game scene paintings from the sixteenth century usually feature … green as a reminder of the lawns on which the game was originally played. 4 . Abraham De Moivre, Faro and Rouge et Noir (London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793). Aesthetic and Technical Aspects As a table chiefly designed to entertain (in … creates, And dread Destruction on its Meal awaits’ 5 5 . Anon., An Essay on Gaming in An Epistle to a Young Nobleman (London, 1761), p. 19. The gaming table was, it seems, also seen as a place of danger, where unsuspecting players could be …
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On Horse races (1724) [ Practices ]
… of October I had the opportunity to see the horse-races; and a great concourse of the nobility and gentry, as well from London as from all parts of England; but they were all so intent, so eager, so busy upon the sharping part of the sport, … upon the whole. Particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel over the island. By a Gentleman. London: Printed, and sold by G. Strahan, in Cornhill. W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. R. Francklin, under Tom's …
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The Oatland Stakes at Ascot, 1791 [ Practices ]
… of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize. London: printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wheble, o. 18. Warwick Square, Warwick Lane, near St. Paul's, …
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