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Do you all know about the Church Monuments Essay Competition? See if it inspires you! churchmonumentssociety.org/get-involved...
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Enjoying the honeysuckle (even in the rain!): this is how William Morris used it in a fabric design, how Margaret Rebecca Dickinson represented it in a botanical illustration, and how Charles Ricketts used it in a binding for Hardy's "Tess" victorianweb.org/art/design/b...
Probably the best-known memorial portrait of Dickens, who died #OnThisDay 1870, was by Robert Buss , who, ironically, had long ago lost his job as a Dickens illustrator... victorianweb.org/art/illustra...
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Now here's something worthwhile, coming up very soon—full programme at victorianweb.org/painting/whi... And do explore our Whistler section if you need to prepare! We'll be running a review of the exhibition soon, too.
Something from #Ireland for a change: St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, designed by AWN Pugin's son Edward Welby Pugin , and George Coppinger Ashlin, built 1868-1919. The cathedral has a wonderful, commanding position victorianweb.org/art/architec...
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Last night I knelt by the altar in Sherborne Abbey and instead of looking down to pray, I looked up. And marvelled.
Gretel le Maître 🐘
Formidable champion of women in medical profession: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Britain's first qualified woman physician & surgeon, co-founder & Dean of London School of Medicine for Women, first female Dean of British medical school.
Portrait: John Singer Sargent 1900, NPG London
Anyone got a stray quarter of a million dollars? First edition of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey to go on sale. (Poor Anne: the pages for Wuthering Heights were cut; Agnes Grey was left unread. The story for the next two centuries...)
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The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century
Died #OnThisDay 1870 Charles Dickens. In the 1830s he wrote reports of parliamentary debates for the Mirror of Parliament, a rival publication to Hansard which was owned by his uncle. Find out more in our article: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/r...
Today we take it for granted that parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. In the Victorian era, however, there was no ‘official’ record. In this blog to end Parliament Week, Dr P…
Dr Anna Clark
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Thanks to the member of the public who brought this planning application for the listed Denmark Arms in East Ham to our attention. We have recommended the application be refused as we remain to be convinced an adult gaming centre is genuinely the only viable option for this Grade II Victorian pub. 🧵
