Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… Gallery London, NPG 1537, 1909. Abstract Richard Nash, known as Beau Nash by his contemporaries, played a decisive part in the transformation of Bath, Britain’s ancient watering-place, into a fashionable resort. The inventor of a new … of a British model of sociability in a decisive way. Through his conviviality, his influence on dress and manners, he participated in the forging of a refined and polite nation. This entry attempts to assess his action without downplaying … Oxford, and an unsuccessful attempt at pursuing a military career, read law at the Middle Temple, London. 1 From the start, he behaved as an ‘easy companion’ who struck innumerable friendships with people from different walks of life, …
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