
Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen
$40.49
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2025
Summary
A Lady’s Guide to Regency Beauty: Cosmetics and Ideals in the Time of Jane Austen
After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austen’s era. In Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen, she examines the beauty ideals of the Regency period to shed light on the transition from the baroque high hair and formal doll-like faces of the court of King George III t…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781398123137 |
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ISBN-10: | 1398123137 |
Author: | Sarah Jane Downing |
Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 96 |
Release Date: | 15 September 2025 |
Weight: | 303g |
Dimensions: | 234mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
Sarah Jane Downing
Sarah Jane Downing has written widely about the arts, contributing to national and local magazines and newspapers as well as four books for Shire Publications, ‘The English Pleasure Garden 1660-1860’, ‘Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen’, ‘Beauty and Cosmetics 1550-1950’, and ‘Fashion in the Time of William Shakespeare’ and for Amberley Publishing ‘Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen’.
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