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Tag: history

The Victorian Kindle:  Schloss’s Bijou Almanac

The Victorian Kindle: Schloss’s Bijou Almanac

Posted on June 9, 2018by Rosalind White

‪In the mid nineteenth-century no handbag was complete without a Schloss Bijou Almanac. Anticipating the portability of kindles and tablets,…

‘The Entomologist’s Dream’

‘The Entomologist’s Dream’

Posted on May 21, 2018by Rosalind White

In The Entomologist’s Dream (1909) by Edmund Dulac an entomologist – in a state of near collapse – bears witness to…

How the Victorian Craze for Conchology became a Billion-dollar Business

How the Victorian Craze for Conchology became a Billion-dollar Business

Posted on February 28, 2018by Rosalind White

Throughout the nineteenth-century the mania for seashells steadily swelled; they featured on Christmas cards, and adorned countless keepsakes, jewellery, and furniture….

Defining Curiosity in the Victorian Era

Defining Curiosity in the Victorian Era

Posted on September 3, 2016by Rosalind White

What is curiosity? Does it change according to the ebbs and flows of time? While today we might associate it with…

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