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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Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
London Dock
The Wapping drop-off point for wine, tobacco, spices and ivory between 1805 and 1968
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
When London was swept up in balloon mania
Balloon ascents were all the rage in the late 1700s and 1800s
Art & Design
Art & Design
William Hogarth painted London behaving badly
The artist’s wildly popular pictures from the 1700s show a rowdy version of urban life
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Memoriae Aeternae Elizabethae Angliae Franciae et Hiberniae Reginae . . . (engraving)
Cole, Benjamin
1723