Bois de Boulogne

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-04-23

Identity

Famous Parisian park and fashionable promenade, site of spring social gatherings Hamilton was expected to attend.

Diary References

1874

• April 23: Hamilton unlikely to attend "la réunion du printemps au Bois de Boulogne" (the spring gathering at the Bois de Boulogne) as previously presumed.

Context

• Elite Parisian social venue
• Spring fashion displays
• Carriage promenades
• High society gatherings
• Part of social calendar
• Hamilton's expected venues

Historical Context

• Redesigned by Haussmann
• Modeled on Hyde Park
• Center of fashionable life
• Racing at Longchamp within

Research Notes

• Parisian social geography
• Spring social season
• Aristocratic display culture