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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Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
David Garrick: A theatre sensation
This innovative 18th-century actor had an influence on all aspects of British theatre
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
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Frances Burney’s mahogany desk: A symbol of slavery
Exploring histories of pain and exploitation in one English novelist’s writing desk
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Handel's Opera House, Haymarket (by Vanbrugh) (reproductive print)
Vanbrugh
1700-1799