Georgian (1714 – 1830)
Explore objects, stories and blogs connected to life in Georgian London, when Britain was ruled by kings George I, II, III and IV.
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Executions & death-penalty reforms in Britain
How 18th-century British reformers questioned capital punishment and the fight continues today
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
What were London’s pleasure gardens?
For dancing, drinking, glamour and debauchery, there was nothing quite like the pleasure garden
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
Masquerades in London’s pleasure gardens
Put on your finest costume and join revellers on London’s fashionable 18th-century dancefloors
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
A view of the new river water mill at Islington (ink and wash drawing)
Swete, Adrian
1747
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
2nd Scene Act 3rd in Guy Mannering No. 9 (scenery sheet)
Hodgson and Company, Layton, J.
1824-04-08