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Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… characterized British society in the eighteenth century. They were shown in learned societies, educational institutions, clubs, assembly rooms, coffeehouses, and taverns. Experiments occurred in settings of social interaction and … natural philosophy (in the words of Joseph Addison) ‘out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses.' 1 1 . [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, no. 10 (12 March … of Chicago Press, 1999), pp. 69-93. Outside the home, experiments were also shown in the predominantly male ambience of clubs and societies devoted to science and general learning. Formally constituted scientific institutions in London, …
Audience | Coffeehouses | Conversation | Public sphere | Science
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Coffeehouses [ Institutions / Food & Drink venues ]
… to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee houses.’ ( The Spectator n° 10, 12 March 1711) Addison’s and Steele’s … debates about coffeehouse sociability has led some commentators to believe that coffeehouses were ultimately replaced by clubs as the eighteenth century wore on. In fact, the history of clubs and coffeehouses remained intertwined throughout the period. From the first meetings of the Rota Club in the 1650s …
Coffeehouses | Drinking | Public sphere | Politics
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Auction houses [ Trade ]
… By the second half of the century, the most famous auction houses nestled comfortably in the networks of exclusive clubs, sought after entertainment venues and exhibitions rooms in Pall Mall and the West End. Charles Jenner in his Town …
Art | Audience | Collecting | Commerce | Coffeehouses | Exhibitions
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Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
… imitate theatrical celebrities. 28 ‘Spouting companions’ catered to amateur actors belonging to tavern-based spouting clubs who desired to reproduce actors’ famous speeches and attitudes, often with the directive ‘as performed at Drury … Collection of the Best and Most Admir’d Prologues and Epilogues, That have been spoken at the theatres and the spouting clubs (London: P. Wicks and R. Lloyd, 1771), p. 1. 30 . For example, The sheep-sheering [sic]. A new song sung at Drury …
Audience | Coffeehouses | Fame | Rioting | Theatre
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