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''La Belle Assemblée'' (in full ''La Belle Assemblée or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies'') was a British
Women in Print: Writing Women and Women's Magazines from the Restoration
' The changes in the early 1820s may have resulted from John Bell's retirement some time in 1821.
File:Fashion Plate (English Fashions in Novr. 1806 - Parisian Fashions in Novr. 1806) LACMA M.86.266.59.jpg, Fashion plate, Nov 1806 (from Oct 1806 issue)
File:Fashion Plate (Morning Walking Dresses) LACMA M.86.266.73.jpg, Fashion plate, Aug 1808 (from Jul 1808 issue)
File:Fashion Plate La Belle Assemblee 1809.jpg, Fashion plate, 1809
File:Fashion Plate (Parisian Head Dresses for April) LACMA M.86.266.100.jpg, Fashion plate, May 1812 (from Apr 1812 issue)
File:Fashion Plate (Blucher Bonnet and Spencer) LACMA M.86.266.179.jpg, Fashion plate, Jun 1814 (from May 1814 issue)
File:Carriage Costume LACMA M.86.266.249.jpg, Fashion plate, Jan 1817 (from Dec 1816 issue)
File:Ballgown La Belle Assemblee 1818.png, Fashion plate, ballgown, 1818
File:Fashion Plate (English Evening Dress) LACMA M.86.266.284.jpg, Fashion plate, Jan 1820 (from Dec 1819 issue)
File:Fashion Plate (Walking Dress) LACMA M.86.266.325.jpg, Fashion plate, Jun 1822
File:Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois Viscountess Tullamore 1826.jpg, Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois, Viscountess Tullamore, engraved by John Cochran, 1826
File:Duchess of Northumberland La Belle Assemblee 1829.jpg,
Plates from ''La Belle Assemblée''''La Belle Assemblée'' Volume III
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''La Belle Assemblée'' (in full ''La Belle Assemblée or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies'') was a British women's magazine
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published from 1806 to 1837, founded by John Bell (1745–1831).
Publishing history
The magazine was published as ''La Belle Assemblée'' from 1806 until May 1832. It became ''The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée'' from 1832 to 1837. After 1837 the ''Belle Assemblée'' name was dropped when the magazine merged with the ''Lady's Magazine and Museum'' (itself a merger of '' The Lady's Magazine'' and a competitor) to become ''The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic''. It was published by John Bell from 1806 until his retirement in 1821, and by G. & W. Whittaker & Co. from 1823 to 1829. Between these dates the magazine was listed as "Published for the proprietors".Content
''La Belle Assemblée'' is now best known for itsfashion plate
A fashion plate is an illustration (a plate) demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing. Traditionally they are rendered through etching, line engraving, or lithograph and then colored by hand. To quote historian James Laver ...
s of Regency era
The Regency era of British history officially spanned the years 1811 to 1820, though the term is commonly applied to the longer period between and 1837. George III of the United Kingdom, King George III succumbed to mental illness in late 18 ...
styles, but until the 1820s it also published original poetry and fiction, non-fiction articles on politics and science, book and theatre reviews, and serialized novels, including ''Oakwood Hall'' by Catherine Hutton
Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English novelist and letter-writer.
Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley a ...
. Other notable contributors to ''La Belle Assemblée'' include Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic fiction, Gothic novel ''Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an History of scie ...
. Contributions from readers were also encouraged and published.
In the 1820s, changing expectations of the role of women in British society coincided with a marked decrease in the intellectual scope of ''La Belle Assemblée'' and its competitors, which increasingly focused on fashion and domestic pursuits.
Until spring 1822, the fashion plates were labeled a month ahead, e.g., the plates published in May 1810 were marked June 1810. Mary Ann Bell
Mary Ann Bell (fl. 1806 – fl. 1831), was a British fashion merchant, fashion designer and fashion journalist. She was a leading figure in the British fashion industry of her day, particularly during the Napoleonic era, when Great Britain was i ...
was a well known contributor to the fashion content in the publication.Adburgham, Alison: Women in Print: Writing Women and Women's Magazines from the Restoration
' The changes in the early 1820s may have resulted from John Bell's retirement some time in 1821.
Similar magazines
Similarly titled fashion publications included ''The Penny Belle Assemblée or Maids, Wives and Widows' Gazette of Fashions'' (1830s), the ''Weekly Belle Assemblée'', and its successor the ''New Monthly Belle Assemblée'' (1847–1870).See also
*Gallery of Fashion
The Gallery of Fashion was a British fashion magazine, published between 1794 and 1803.Kate Nelson Best, The History of Fashion Journalism' It was the first British fashion magazine, being the first publication in Britain devoted exclusively to ...
* List of 18th-century British periodicals
This list of 18th-century British periodicals excludes daily newspapers.
*'' The Tatler'' (1709—1711)
*'' The Female Tatler'' (8 July 1709—31 March 1710). Thrice weekly; 115 issues
*''The Spectator'' (1711–1714). Founded by Joseph Addis ...
* List of 18th-century British periodicals for women
According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "In the 18th century, when women were expected to participate in social and political life, those magazines aimed primarily at women were relatively robust and stimulating in content." Here follows a ...
* List of 19th-century British periodicals
This is a list of British periodicals established in the 19th century, excluding daily newspapers.
The periodical press flourished in the 19th century: the ''Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals'' plans to eventually list o ...
Plates from ''La Belle Assemblée''
Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
Charlotte Florentia Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (''née'' Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive; 12 September 1787 – 27 July 1866), was governess of the future Queen Victoria.
Family
Born as the younger daughter and third child of the politi ...
. Stipple engraving by T. A. Dean, 1829
References
External links
Plates from ''La Belle Assemblée''
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