Systematic colonization constitutes one of the most powerful and destructive examples of the ability of Victorian representations...
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‘Thought-Forms, a strange, beguiling, frequently pretentious, utterly original book first published in 1901, emerged from a ferment...
In Victorian times, syphilis was believed to arise spontaneously in a prostitute’s body, a result of ‘immorality’....
Charming family scenes in Victorian adverts for children’s medicines were in stark contrast to some of the...
Examining the social and economic lives of the Victorian working classes and the poor. By Liza Picard / 10.14.2009...
[LEFT]: ‘Police Work in the East End’ from The Graphic: This image of ‘police work in...
Challenging the idea of the 19th century as one of secularisation, exploring the popularity of mesmerism, spiritualism and...
Watercolour portrait by William Buckler of Robert Hunt, 1842 — Wellcome Library, Creative Commons In 1848, the mineralogist,...
Embroidered book cover for Henshaw’s Horae Successivae (1632), white satin with a floral design edged in gold cord, featured...
Cartoon from Punch magazine, March 6th 1875, pp.106: (Internet Archive) Heather Tweed explores the story of the woman whose...
Coloured aquatint, ca. 1862, depicting a man covering his mouth with a handkerchief, walking through a smoggy...
Detail from John Leech’s illustration “Tarquinius Superbus makes himself king” featured in The Comic History of Rome – Internet Archive...
Lecture by Dr. James Mills at the Museum of London / 03.18.2013 Professor of Modern History, University...