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One of the original scholarly websites, examining Victorian people, events, and culture within a network of connections. Tweets by chief ed., Jackie Banerjee.
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Take your cue from Sairey Gamp ("the greatest of all Dickens's great creations," according to the back of this cigarette csrd). You definitely need to carry your umbrella at all times this May! https://t.co/4P3nRxJXIo

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that and were friends, & that Millais made 87 illustrations for Trollope's work— "and I do not think that more conscientious work was ever done by a man," said Trollope. Here is his illustration of the Crawley family https://t.co/93ui9Mpyvj

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you kow that Jemima Blackburn (1823-1909) was a popular illustrator of bird and animal life? This is a hand-coloured illustration of a redwing. Interesting life, too (by )! https://t.co/257hE0hOrc

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The Treaty of Paris was ratified 1856: the Crimean War was over; peace was proclaimed. John Bell's Crimean War Memorial off Pall Mall remembers some of those who died—& in front of it stands Florence Nightingale, who helped to save some of the rest. https://t.co/kv6thzrej0

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This one's by Anna Lea-Merritt (1844-1930) in St Martin's, Blackheath, Surrey—using Keim silicate mineral paint from Germany, one of the earliest uses of it here in UK. Completed in 1895 & has lasted so well! https://t.co/GUXR8a65v8

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on This is Richard Doyle's "Water-Lilies and Water Fairies." What does this sort of thing say about the Victorian psyche? Simon Cooke finds something "curiously disturbing" in it! See https://t.co/J0IefzSZde

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One of the last exhibitions before lockdown, "Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company"—thank goodness (and ) that it was so memorable! https://t.co/tdqn23WNze

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with Edward Lear's "The Cedars of Lebanon": "The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted" (Psalm 104, sung at Prince Philip's funeral yesterday, as he had wished) https://t.co/XDWgKIFxfQ

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Another for before it's too late! This powerful scene is of Lymington Ironworks on the Tyne, c. 1835, by Thomas Allom https://t.co/t3Lxkf1XPN

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Wishing Happy to all ourJewish followers and readers, and their families, knowing you'll all be together in spirit if not in person. This is watercolour, "Passover in the Holy Family: Gathering Bitter Herbs," 1855-56. https://t.co/gZa8CE9syr

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