Victorian History
An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The West End Club
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“The Diogenes Club,” if we are to believe Sherlock Holmes, was “the queerest club in London.” Such a claim was remarkable indeed; for Victo...
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Marking Criminals - Photographing Felons
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The 1830s and '40s saw the rapid development of a range of photographic processes. In France, in 1838, Louis Daguerre took the first kn...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Victorian Middle Class
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It is never easy to define, let alone identify the key traits, of a particular class. In the case of the Victorian middle-class it is espec...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette
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That marvelous creation of Thackeray's, George Fitz-Boodle, Esquire, Member of the Omnium Club and the third-best whist-player in Europe...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The Aristocracy
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The Duke and Duchess of York at the Duchess of Devonshire's Ball In any analysis of England it is important to have some idea of the s...
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