Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… Image After William Hoare, ‘Richard (‘Beau’) Nash’, © National Portrait Gallery London, NPG 1537, 1909. Abstract Richard Nash, known as Beau Nash by his contemporaries, played a decisive part in the … at Jesus College, 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 … century. 1 . Oliver Goldsmith, The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq. Extracted Principally from His Original Papers (London, 1762). His gambling activities were quickly concealed by his innovative action, which was decisive in …
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