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From avoiding the gallows, to leading a mutiny

What happened to convicts who were transported to penal colonies instead of being executed?

Politics & Society
Politics & Society

The Penny Post sparked a letter-writing revolution

Letter-writing exploded in popularity in Victorian Britain thanks to one-penny postage

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

How Bazalgette built London's first super-sewer

Taming a city’s-worth of sewage

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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Valentine card

King, Jonathan

1856-1857

Fashion
Fashion

Child's boot

1849-1853

Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Mr Cooper as Zanga the Tartar Chief (theatrical portrait)

Fairburn, J.

1838-03-05