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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From royal menagerie to murderous gardener: A holiday in Georgian London
Elizabeth Chivers’ unpublished diary reveals stories of ghosts and iconic landmarks in 1814 London
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
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
The distribution of His Majesty's Maundy, by the Sub-Almoner in the Anti Chapel at Whitehall (engraving)
Basire I, James
1789
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Satire of a fat man (etching)
Mortimer, John Hamilton, Ireland, Samuel
1780-1785