#1829

[artist-ellen]

Fooduary Day 27: Orange Chocolate Cake

So orange chocolate cake isn’t tracked as specifically time wise as other entries but in 1828 a machine was developed that extracted fat from cacao liquor and created byproducts that would change baking forever (and make it way less expensive for everyone to enjoy). It helped that I hadn’t drawn any 1830s ish fashion and it’s such a fun era I was happy to commit to it!

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[fashionsfromhistory]

Court Dress

1820s

Portugal

Museu Nacional do Traje (Accession Number: 18356; 18358)

[historical-fashion-polls]

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Evening dress.

Date: 1828-1829

Medium: Silk

[clove-pinks]

"I would love to play ball with you son, but daddy can't bend at the waist or make any sudden movements."

[mote-historie]

Pierre-Joseph Redoute (Belgian, 1759-1840), Bouquet de roses et papillons. 1829.

[venustapolis]

Scene from the Apocalypse (Francis Danby, 1829)

[chic-a-gigot]

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costumes Parisiens, 31 juillet 1829, (2714): Chapeau de paille d'Italie. Redingote de mousseline, ornée de broderies bordée d'une petite dentelle et fermée par des boutons d'or. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Hat from 'paille d'Italie'. Muslin redingote decorated with embroidery, trimmed with lace and closed with gold buttons. Further accessories: earrings, belt with oval buckle, bracelets on both wrists, gloves, lorgnette, shoes with crossed straps and square toes. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.

[ltwilliammowett]

A Susan’s Tooth with silver mounts, scrimshawed by Frederick Myrick, 23 February, 1829

Here is another tooth of the shrimshander Frederick Myrick which I mentioned a short while ago. His passion was the whaler Susan, whom he had immortalised in numerous whale teeth. He is also one of a few scrimshanders whose identity is known.

[artschoolglasses]

The Hussar's Adieu, Hippolyte Bellange, 1829

[artdecoandmodernist]

1829 Bouquet of roses and butterflies by Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840).

PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE (SAINT-HUBERT 1759-1840 PARIS) Bouquet de roses et papillons signé et daté 'P.J. Redouté 1829' (en bas à droite) pierre noire, aquarelle, sur velin, non encadré 398 x 291 mm.

Christies

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[fashionsfromhistory]

Ensemble

1820s

Fashion Museum Bath

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[nordleuchten]

La Fayette's taste in Books

I am always on the hunt for some primary historical documents that give a deeper insight into La Fayette’s private life and I found this invoice for a couple of books that he bought between mid-1829 and early 1830.

Daniels, Mary F. “The Lafayette Collection at Cornell.” The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, vol. 29, no. 2, 1972, pp. 95–137. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/29781504. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023.

A few titles are especially noteworthy. First, there is one book called “Mem[oirs] of Clinton” That are very likely the Memoirs of DeWitt Clinton, the former Governor of New York who had died in 1828 and whose Memoirs were published in 1829.

Than we have one book by Madame de Staël, a dear and long-time friend of La Fayette. Funny enough, de Staël was the daughter of Jacques Necker, former French minister of finances, and while La Fayette and de Staël had a very close relationship ... La Fayette and Necker’s relationship was less harmoniously.

We also see a book by Destutt de Tracy. He was not only a friend and colleague of La Fayette, no, the two were also in-laws. La Fayette’s son Georges had previously married de Tracy’s daughter.

The most interesting book on that list is probably “Lafayette en amérique.” The book was written by Auguste Levasseur, La Fayette’s secretary during his last visit to America in 1824/25, and published in 1829.

This list shows us La Fayette’s taste in books. The titles cover a wide range of subjects, some even with a personal connection. The books are written in both English and French (this list contains no Latin titles, but La Fayette read them as well.)

[clove-pinks]

Are they... you know... promenading?