#19thc

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is “Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise mankind” (1896) by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.Thread Gérôme was inspired by the philosopher Democritus, who wrote “of

Cassidy Percoco

mimicofmodes

I've heard that, somehow, TikTok is talking about women's clothing buttoning differently from men's, and the old myth that it was done for the convenience of women's maids. If you've

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

THREAD. The fun of landscape history is that, quite often, it’s little, insignificant details in plain sight that reveal past now-lost landscapes. They turn a country walk into a detective

The Wilberforce Diaries Project

DiariesProject

@M_H_Taylor on voter suppression in 19thC Britain: 'At the general election of 1826, pro-slavery Tories paid special attention to the constituency of Weymouth, where voter intimidation was their chosen weapon

Prof Laura Vaughan

urban_formation

2/n n.b. re: history of traffic calming, recall William Bunge's map of injury from automobile accidents in the 1960s Detroit; an earlier version of the map was bluntly entitled 'Where

DisabilityHistory

DisabilityHistr

Thread:1/nToday is #NationalDogDay!Time to re-examine the roles dogs have played in #DisHist!For centuries, artists have shown dogs accompanying blind subjects, performers & beggars across the world, suggesting that dogs lived/worked

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

Why 'Cousin Jack?' The origins of the nickname of the Cornish overseas — a new post by me :) https://www.caitlingreen.org/2021/01/cousin-jack-origins.html Cousin Jack Town, New Zealand, c. 1910: https://www.flickr.com/photos/natio

Tehila Sasson

TehilaSasson

I’m surprised to see how many historians I know have signed a letter which calls to perfect a racist test rather than eliminate it altogether. The problem with the test

Stained Glass Attitudes

DrJACameron

Oh great another church fire and all the grifters are nudge nudge culture war as if they never set on fire before. And of course they REALLY love 15thc Flamboyant.All

Elaine Scattermoon

scattermoon

Being lonely at Christmas made me think of the lighthouse keepers of the 19th Century. Long before automation, they had to operate their lights manually, and could not leave them

Dr Sharon Rees

reesprescribe

New series; #theophylline was extracted from green/black tea leaves in 19thC; a natural derivative of the purine ‘xanthine’ & structurally similar to caffeine. Used 1902 as diuretic & since 1930s

S.J. Pearce 😷💜

homophonous

The other thing I did in Belgium after the colloquium was over was to visit the Royal Museum for Central Africa, built to showcase the spoils of Leopold II's exploits

Victorian Humour

VictorianHumour

Brace yourselves for a SHOCKING revelation! The term "curate's egg" - meaning something that is partly bad, but also partly good - is typically thought to originate from a Punch

Dr Rachel Delman

rachel_delman

#inWantofStatues Trinity College Kirk was built in 1460 by Queen Mary of Guelders, but was dismantled in the 19thC to make way for Waverley Station. The apse has been rebuilt

Dr Fern Riddell

FernRiddell

France legalised sex work in 1791. Bordellos were legalised in 1802. Paris brothels ran dedicated PR campaigns throughout the nineteenth century and were the favourite haunts of artists, writers and

Victorian Humour

VictorianHumour

I'm currently reading a Victorian reissue of an 18th-century jestbook. 49 jokes from the original text were omitted on account of the "greater delicacy observed in modern society & conversation."

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