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
Pleasure gardens: London’s first music venues
Handel at Vauxhall? Mozart at Ranelagh? For 18th-century music fans, these were the places to be
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
Joseph Grimaldi: King of the clowns
Grimaldi’s extraordinary physical comedy changed the pantomime forever – but it came at a price
Food & Diet
Food & Diet
Pleasure gardens: London’s early restaurants?
London’s thriving restaurant scene has roots in these hedonistic spaces of music and entertainment
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Costume Parisien. Costume d'un Jeune Homme. (hand coloured engraving)
Journal des Dames et des Modes
1801
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Library
Library
The Pictures Describing the Strayt Handlyng of the Close Prisoners in Lollardes Tower (woodcut)
Anonymous, -
C. 1750
