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Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023)
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STUART NAME OF THE WEEK
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
STUART NAME OF THE WEEK
portrait while sewing jumper, by daughter; early Disney character vibes
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
portrait while sewing jumper, by daughter; early Disney character vibes
very Dickens in both the 'gone blind without any notice' (Wills was he assistant magazine editor) and Christmas Eve in Whitechapel
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
very Dickens in both the 'gone blind without any notice' (Wills was he assistant magazine editor) and Christmas Eve in Whitechapel
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Take a minute.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take a minute.
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Viewing objects in isolation allows a deeper understanding of its structure. This mid 18th century bodice would have had an equally sumptuous skirt but without it we can appreciate its shape, construction and even its lining #MuseodelTraje #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Viewing objects in isolation allows a deeper understanding of its structure. This mid 18th century bodice would have had an equally sumptuous skirt but without it we can appreciate its shape, construction and even its lining #MuseodelTraje #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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June 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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But even respectable shoes where a nightmare. There is the phrase "training for a shoe"
The adverts show how thin they were.
The adverts show how thin they were.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
But even respectable shoes where a nightmare. There is the phrase "training for a shoe"
The adverts show how thin they were.
The adverts show how thin they were.
Piccadilly and prostitution, 1901
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Piccadilly and prostitution, 1901
and don't miss the fan/fanny gag. all human life is here.
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
and don't miss the fan/fanny gag. all human life is here.
another one for the 'is that a walking stick in your hand or are you just pleased to see me' category.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
another one for the 'is that a walking stick in your hand or are you just pleased to see me' category.
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Painted in 1897, 'Les messieurs en noir,' is a strikingly modern picture for its time yet steeped in an artistic tradition that stretches back to the 17thC. Dutch genre painting with its modest subjects and bold contrasts of light and dark was a key influence on Èdouard Vuillard.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Painted in 1897, 'Les messieurs en noir,' is a strikingly modern picture for its time yet steeped in an artistic tradition that stretches back to the 17thC. Dutch genre painting with its modest subjects and bold contrasts of light and dark was a key influence on Èdouard Vuillard.
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An essay on murals and public art. Please let me know your comments. 'Life in a Boarding House,' (1930) by Eric Ravilious,' for Morley College, London was destroyed in WW2. richardmorris.org/blog-1-1/mural…
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
An essay on murals and public art. Please let me know your comments. 'Life in a Boarding House,' (1930) by Eric Ravilious,' for Morley College, London was destroyed in WW2. richardmorris.org/blog-1-1/mural…
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My study day on 19th-Century Mental Health History is now booking: hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
It’s at Highgate Lit & Sci on Sat 13 Dec, and among the contested diagnoses we’ll explore are: ‘moral insanity’, monomania, hysteria, melancholia, post-natal psychosis, ‘general paralysis of the insane’
It’s at Highgate Lit & Sci on Sat 13 Dec, and among the contested diagnoses we’ll explore are: ‘moral insanity’, monomania, hysteria, melancholia, post-natal psychosis, ‘general paralysis of the insane’
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My study day on 19th-Century Mental Health History is now booking: hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
It’s at Highgate Lit & Sci on Sat 13 Dec, and among the contested diagnoses we’ll explore are: ‘moral insanity’, monomania, hysteria, melancholia, post-natal psychosis, ‘general paralysis of the insane’
It’s at Highgate Lit & Sci on Sat 13 Dec, and among the contested diagnoses we’ll explore are: ‘moral insanity’, monomania, hysteria, melancholia, post-natal psychosis, ‘general paralysis of the insane’
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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Flatiron Building, New York City, Built 1902
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Flatiron Building, New York City, Built 1902
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75 PANAME C'était Paris en 1966 📷 avec les bus à touristes , Citroën Cityrama. francuskie.pl/citroen-u55-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
75 PANAME C'était Paris en 1966 📷 avec les bus à touristes , Citroën Cityrama. francuskie.pl/citroen-u55-...
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One piece gown with gigot sleeves, perhaps French, c1826-28. Via Le Gallerie degli Uffizi here: www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One piece gown with gigot sleeves, perhaps French, c1826-28. Via Le Gallerie degli Uffizi here: www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
Kate Hamilton's notorious 'night-house' (night-club) at 48 Leicester Square, 1860s; now a McDonalds.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Kate Hamilton's notorious 'night-house' (night-club) at 48 Leicester Square, 1860s; now a McDonalds.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
fascinating Covent Garden brothel case at the Old Bailey in 1852. owner punched out a drunken customer who refused to pay 2s (double for two girls) & propped him up against a wall. maid-servant helped and hurried back to 'sheet up' more beds, as "a great many were waiting for the rooms to vacated".
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
fascinating Covent Garden brothel case at the Old Bailey in 1852. owner punched out a drunken customer who refused to pay 2s (double for two girls) & propped him up against a wall. maid-servant helped and hurried back to 'sheet up' more beds, as "a great many were waiting for the rooms to vacated".
this is nothing new, of course, but, thinking about Jewish brothels in Covent Garden, I thought I'd have a quick look at Oliver Twist and, yep, Fagin is named as 'the Jew' 308 times. The word 'Fagin' appears 309 times, but mostly in dialogue, with people addressing him, or 'said Fagin' etc.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
this is nothing new, of course, but, thinking about Jewish brothels in Covent Garden, I thought I'd have a quick look at Oliver Twist and, yep, Fagin is named as 'the Jew' 308 times. The word 'Fagin' appears 309 times, but mostly in dialogue, with people addressing him, or 'said Fagin' etc.
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We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
in the unlikely event anyone knows of academic work on Jewish brothel-keepers in Georgian London through to the early Victorian period, please let me know.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
in the unlikely event anyone knows of academic work on Jewish brothel-keepers in Georgian London through to the early Victorian period, please let me know.