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Beau Nash (18 October 1674 – 3 February 1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath .
role in Bath. In Bath. …over by the social figure Richard (“Beau”) Nash, one of the greatest English dandies—the Elizabethan town was rebuilt and extended in Palladian style by the architects John Wood the Elder and Younger and their patron, Ralph Allen, who provided the stone from his local quarries and built the mansion of….
17 de jul. de 2011 · It is of interest that Nash was famous enough to rate a mention in Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones in the chapter called ‘The History of Mrs Fitzpatrick’. His name can also be come across in Georgette Heyer’s novels. During the period 1720 to the 1740s Beau Nash lead a busy life.
17 de out. de 2011 · Learn about Richard 'Beau' Nash, a Swansea-born gambler and fashion icon who became the Master of Ceremonies in Bath and Tunbridge Wells. Discover how he transformed the spa towns into the most elegant and social places in 18th century England.
17 de out. de 2011 · Learn about Richard 'Beau' Nash, a Swansea-born gambler and fashion icon who became the Master of Ceremonies in Bath and Tunbridge Wells. Discover how he transformed the spa towns into the most elegant and social places in 18th century England.
Richard ’Beau’ Nash. Painted in 1746 by Andrien Carpentiers at Bath (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath). Leader of Fashion and Master of Ceremonies at Bath. He ruled over the Pump Room and the Assembly Rooms. His life is known through a biography by the novelist Oliver Goldsmith (1762).
1 de jun. de 2006 · Peter Borsay, The Imaginary Autocrat: Beau Nash and the Invention of Bath, The English Historical Review, Volume CXXI, Issue 492, June 2006, Pages 941–942, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cel181
