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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Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
The life story of Mary Prince
A vital narrative of enslavement that boosted the abolitionist movement
Transport
Transport
What were London’s turnpikes?
In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost
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
St John the Evangelist Westminster / St Bennets Pauls Wharf / St Martin's Ludgate / St Bride's Fleet / St Dunstan's in Fleet Street. (engraving)
Cooke, John
1770
Printed Ephemera