Dinnertime in the Regency
A Table D'Hote or French Ordinary in Parisby Thomas Rowlandson (1810) The Met Museum DP883708
When did a Regency lady eat her dinner?
When you’re writing a novel set in the Regency, it’s the simple things like mealtimes that can trip you up. It might not matter to everyone whether these facts are right or not, but I like to try and get the details as accurate as possible.
I’ve already blogged about breakfast here and lunch here. This post looks at dinnertime.
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Jun 21, 2021 04:22AM
Rachel, would you happen to know whether dinner-gongs were commonly used during the Regency period? I have a feeling that they weren't, and that they were commoner during the Victorian period, but I can't find anything definitive on the subject.
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Georgie-who-is-Sarah-Drew wrote: "Rachel, would you happen to know whether dinner-gongs were commonly used during the Regency period? I have a feeling that they weren't, and that they were commoner during the Victorian period, but ..."I'm planning another post on dinner etiquette and was going to look into this. I haven't come across any mention of a gong pre-Victorian as yet, but I have one quote from Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (published 1801) that talks of the dinner-bell ringing.
Thank you, I'll run with dinner bells pro tem. I feel Sydney Smith would have a view on the subject, or Emily Eden; if i find anything I'll pass it on.
