Hanoverian (1714 – 1837)
Explore objects, stories and blogs that reveal London life in the 18th and early-19th century, when five kings from the House of Hanover ruled Britain.
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Transport
Transport
What were London’s turnpikes?
In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Olaudah Equiano: Writer & abolitionist
A freed enslaved man whose life story drove the abolition of the British trade in enslaved Africans
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
The life story of Mary Prince
A vital narrative of enslavement that boosted the abolitionist movement
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Jeune Dame coeffee a la Dauphine (coloured engraving)
La Gallerie des Modes, Le Clerc, Dupin
1778
