A particularly good week for lovers of lovely Georgian stuff.
In the week I blogged on a terrible case of child “dropping” in Bristol, and cited the fictional baby Tom Jones, I saw this wonderful treatment by Posy Simmons on Twitter.
Two great stories by William Savage (@penandpension): one about educating the poor of Norfolk and the other on publicly apologising in the 18th century.
@JAJafri tweeted about Ehtesham Uddin but I can’t find anything on him online. Why don’t we know about him?
@_behindthepast tweeted this beautiful ensemble – I feel warmer (in my freezing house) just looking at it.
Sarah Murden and Joanne Major shared their story of a gypsy romance between Mary Linyon and Major Boswell. They went on to have 17 children so something must have sparked between them.
I liked History Today’s exploration of the “monster” panic of the late 18th century, especially as the 16-year-old subject of my book The Disappearance of Maria Glenn was referred to in court as a “monster of treachery”.
The big disappointment was the news that Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, granted planning permission for the Norton Folgate scheme. I am disgusted but not surprised. London heritage is being shamelessly done away with. Some people are getting rich, though.
Changing the subject… It was also a great week for shared resources, not especially Georgian of course, but you are sure to find something of use or of interest.
Commodity Histories, a public forum for research postings, news and information about the history of commodities.
The Yale Center for British Art has released 20,000 public domain images.
A mega-useful list of images for academic/non-commercial use.
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