The Victorian Peeper

Nineteenth-century Britain through the looking glass

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Snippets #2

An early Victorian tea set of unglazed red earthenware mounted in silver by Josiah Wedgwood that may have belonged to Queen Adelaide (above) is featured in "A History of the World in 100 Objects" organized by the British Museum and the BBC...

John Galliano channels Sherlock Holmes...

The racy love life of a 19-year-old Victorian clerk is serialized online...

Charles Dickens fails to make the grade...

A disease prevalent among the Victorian poor makes an unexpected return...

And finally: The prime minister is inspired by a Victorian poem...

Dr Kristan Tetens

2 comments:

GayathriJanuary 27, 2010 at 6:17 AM
Very nice blog. Great articles shared through this blog. Keep blogging and thanks for sharing.
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Plumbers EalingFebruary 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Interesting articles,thanks, not a very pretty looking tea set though lol.
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