Corsets and Codpieces by Karen Bowman

Author:Karen Bowman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

By 1810 the folding and tying of neck-cloths had become such an art, Beau Brummell declared it took him upwards of an hour each morning to perfect his knot!

Unfortunately, Brummel fell out of favour with the Prince, his voice which was described as ‘very pleasing’ eventually directed one too many inappropriate remarks at his royal patron. After gambling his way to ruin, he fled to France where despite his lack of money continued to live beyond his means. Eventually becoming feeble-minded, he fell as far from his iconic self as it was possible to go. A book on his life written in 1844 by a Captain Jesse gives us a glimpse of his terrible fall from grace.

I have deferred writing for some time, hoping to be able to inform you that I had succeeded in getting Mr Brummell into one of the public institutions, but I am sorry to say that I have failed. I have also tried to get him into a private house, but no one will undertake the charge of him in his present state. In fact, it would be totally impossible for me to describe the dreadful situation he is in. For the last two months I have been obliged to pay a person to be with him night and day, and still we cannot keep him clean. He now lies upon a straw mattress, which is changed every day. They will not keep him at the hotel, and what to do I know not. I should think that some of his old friends in England would be able to get him into some hospital where he could be taken care of for the rest of his days. I beg and entreat of you to get something done for him, for it is quite out of the question that he can remain where he is. The clergyman and physician here can bear testimony to the melancholy state of idiocy he is in.

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