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- subject matching 'Regency Popular Culture'
Popular culture during the Regency spanned a wide spectrum of pastimes and entertainments, from radical politics and religion to bare-knuckle fighting and gambling. As the gap between the elite and the working class widened into a yawning gulf, some of these activities came under attack. The moral reform promoted by middle-class campaigners aimed to eradicate certain traditional customs, resulting in the licensing of coffeehouses, taverns and alehouses and the repression of debating societies. However the level of participation in popular culture was far greater than first appears, with high and low sharing many common leisure pursuits and interests.
by George Dance
pencil, 1800
NPG 1136
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1801
NPG 1983
by Samuel Drummond
oil on board, 1805-1808
NPG 4817
by John Cawse
oil on canvas, 1807
NPG 827
by William Sharp
pencil, engraved 1812
NPG 1402
by Rembrandt Peale
oil on canvas, circa 1822
NPG 1734
by George Clint
oil on canvas, circa 1822-1824
NPG 1283
by Joseph Slater
pencil, circa 1825
NPG 424
by Frederick Richard Say
pencil and chalk, engraved 1831
NPG 2647
by William Sharp, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1795
NPG D13195
John Boniot De Mainauduc (Demainauduc)
by Pierre Condé, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1798
NPG D9243
by J. Singleton, after George Keith Ralph
stipple engraving, published 1802
NPG D1164
Rebecca Howse (née Wildgoose) ('Mother Goose of Oxford')
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1807
NPG D13432