Victorian (1837 – 1901)
Explore objects, stories and blogs illuminating an era defined by the 63-year monarchy of Queen Victoria.
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Executions & death-penalty reforms in Britain
How 18th-century British reformers questioned capital punishment and the fight continues today
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
John Snow: Cholera & the Broad Street pump
Sure that the deadly disease spread through water, Snow traced a cholera outbreak to a Soho water pump
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Street life & work in 1877
John Thomson’s fascinating photographs reveal the lives of workers in 19th-century London
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
A View of the East Side of London Bridge from South to North, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, circa 1600, from an engraving by John Norden (lithograph)
Norden, John, Martin, Robert
1841-1860
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Skelt's Characters in Richard Turpin (character sheet)
Skelt, Martin and Matthew
1837-1840
