Although the British were in the beginning of an Industrial Age, and well into a period of peace and prosperity, there were still many problems with society. They were coming to realize strict morality, and political/societal reform with their acquisitions of countries, totaling about one quarter...
Today’s British Royals still embrace Victorian plaids… .. as seen in a (left) 2013 photo of Princess Charlene and one (right) of Prince Harry’s new wife from America, Meghan Markle in 2018. A few of the plaids were delicate… … and always had the fashionable silhouettes of the er...
BRITISH Society 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment & Change (Book)PRICE, Richard, 1723-1791VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901GEORGIAN architecture (British)NINETEENTH centuryIn lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: When did the Victorian Age begin? Reflections on ...
祧喈凇颥倡 ButthelastthreedecadesofthecenturywitnessedthedeclineoftheBritishEmpireandthedecayoftheVictorianvalues.Abroad,Britainstillmaintaineditsstrongeconomicandmilitaryforcesanditscolonialterritorywasstillthelargest.ButitabsoluteleadershipinindustryandmilitaryforcewasalreadyfacingchallengefromGermany.Thecompetitionwith...
British Place-Name Origins Delve into your inner detective and discover the secrets hidden not only in English Placenames but also Scottish and Welsh Placenames! Genealogists and Family Historians, use this tool to discover the original location of your family name! Try a Search... Worldwide...
A major extension to Grantham Hospital was built in the mid-1930s to designs by the local architect F. J. Lenton, of Traylen & Lenton. The plans were approved by the British Hospitals Association, the Ministry of Health and the County Council. It was partly as a result of Kesteven Count...
This Week in London – Victorian London captured; and, contemporary art at the British Museum… May 9, 2024 •See a glimpse of London as it was during the Victorian era at a new exhibition opening at the London Metropolitan Archives.Lost Victorian City: a London disappearedfeatures photographs...
British Royal Line of Succession 70th Anniversary of V-E Day Timeline of the Dunkirk Evacuation Discover Flags That Look Alike 7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles 9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game ...
HIRED MOURNERS. The fact is well known, that, in the British metropolis, it is not an uncommon practice among certain classes of people who can afford the expense, to employ persons who act as mourners at funerals. This mode of grief, seems to us to present the most impious mockery of ...
co-founder of Curatrix Group and former curator-in-charge of Textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Leventon is a specialist in European and American costume and textiles. She will take audiences on a journey into the unconventional creativity of the British Aesthetic Movement, a ...