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P is for pneumatic railway. Long before Hyperloop, the Victorians used pneumatic railways to transfer parcels and later passengers. Examples from The Pneumatic Dispatch by Alfred E Beach, 1868

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2020-08-25

While the pre-Origin species concepts of Cuvier (pictured), Hooker, Humboldt, Agassiz, Herschel, Whewell, Henslow, and other Victorians have obviously flunked the test of time, they were neither unsophisticated nor religiously obscurantist

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2020-08-21

Listen to three brilliant readings of Victorian children's poetry by ! Lear's "The Quangle Wangle's Hat," Christina Rossetti's "January Cold Desolate," & Stevenson's "To Any Reader."
https://t.co/el8hcwf73z


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2020-07-27

SNOWDROP The Victorians considered it an omen of death and bad luck if brought inside the home. HC Andersen's 'Snowdrop' is an allegory of the poet - the flower has to fight against the snow to come out, just as the poet must face the coldness of society.

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2020-05-17

The shared a list of Victorian Parlour Games to try at home. This illustration for a game called The Old Man’s Face wins

Fancy a go? Full article here: https://t.co/KYzj9vTeue

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2020-05-02

The light versions of Granville and Leicester are somewhat similar, and in keeping with the Edwardian shift away from the intensity of color favored by many Victorians.

(Leicester samples here and below: Brooklyn Museum)

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2020-04-28

Seen these learning resources from the team? The videos, photos, posters & classroom activities are all free to download. Discover how the Victorians won the war against developed a vaccine & saved lives.

https://t.co/8GuoinGyso

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2020-04-17

This week in Richard Doyle was a British illustrator born in 1824 known for his whimsical folk style. Like many Victorians, Doyle was fascinated by fairies, as well as elves and other magical phenomenon. (1/3)

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2020-04-11


Today: St George’s Bloomsbury London

Look up if you pass this eccentric church

The lions & unicorns on the tower were part of Hawksmoor’s 1711 design (& are on Hogarth’s Gin Lane), but were replaced by the Victorians - too racy!

put them back

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2020-04-08

Victorianska kvinnor i fladdermusutstyrslar.

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2020-04-07

Our visual collections tell 1000 words. We'd love to see your posters & artworks inspired by our documents! Use
The Home Front: https://t.co/N0XI5Dg2qS
Selling the Victorians: https://t.co/jt4iqfCDo4
Past Pleasures: https://t.co/TuqYpyGTFj

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2020-04-03

From now until Tuesday, you can get all 6 of my queer historical-fantasy books for $3 (sale runs in US, UK, AU, CA, and EU). Do you like
🏳️‍🌈Queer characters
🎩Magical Victorians
💀Pet skeleton cats
🏺Myths, monsters, and lost civilizations
💜And romance
https://t.co/AFmIDAGsBy

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2020-03-23

As for the Victorians & China—everything from willow-pattern to opium dens comes up in Gillen D'Arcy Wood's review of "Britain's Chinese Eye: Literature, Empire, and Aesthetics in Nineteenth-Century Britain" by Elizabeth Chang https://t.co/iWdBlstR1k

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2020-02-29

Found this 19thC tile while walking near Long Melford. Medieval architecture appealed to the Victorians who longed for pre-industrial England. Dogs in the Middle Ages herded, hunted & protected. A 9thC prayer says: 'God preserve us from the Northmen & their terrible dogs.'

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2020-02-20

The Victorians were fine with shoulders. Don't give them the satisfaction of making it seem like anyone in any era thought that panicking about women's shoulders was a normal thing to be doing.

Here's Queen Victoria, baring her shoulders (like a common harlot, I guess?)

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2020-02-06