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In England, here are 10 films that accurately capture 19th-century Britain, including some classics (you need to watch them!)

From the elegant, wit-sharp drawing rooms of the Regency era to the smog-filled, industrialised streets of the Victorian age, ...
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Want to seach for the Northwest Passage like a 19th-century British explorer? Bring your sterling silver flatware and hubris.

Longtime adventure author and editor Anthony Brandt has just released his latest work, The Man Who Ate His Boots. The intensely researched book examines the search for the Northwest Passage, the holy ...
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19th century British newspapers [electronic resource]

19th Century British Newspapers is a joint effort between the British Library and Gale to make available searchable, full-text digitized versions of key 19th Century British newspapers. The aim was to ...
NPR

'River of the Gods' dives into the 19th century British exploration of the Nile

Scott Simon talks with Candice Millard about 19th century British exploration and her new book, "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile." The quest ...
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18th- and 19th-century British and Irish Literature

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Studies at UB brings together faculty whose interests and scholarship focus on the literary, cultural, and political histories of modern Britain ...
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19th Century British Reform Bills: House of Commons & Parliament

The film discusses the evolution of voting rights in 19th century England, focusing on the passage of three key reform bills in 1832, 1867, and 1884. It highlights the struggles of different social ...
Hyperallergic

A British Photographer in 19th-Century Peking

In 1870, 29-year-old British photographer Thomas Child moved to Peking — as Beijing was formerly known — to work as a gas engineer for the Imperial Maritime Customs Service. Although he signed a ...
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19th Century and British Impressionist Art

London – A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, A Reception in the Harem by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, leads Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings ...
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Houston museum showcases British landscape watercolors from the 18th and 19th centuries

When one thinks of landscape watercolors, it is hard not picture pastoral scenes of England’s green and pleasant land, to quote William Blake. But in the history of art, British landscape painting is ...
Time

Americans and Brits Have Been Fighting Over the English Language for Centuries. Here’s How It Started

Noah Webster. Born 1758-died 1843. The schoolmaster of the republic; portrait shown in front of dictionary, books, inkwell & desk, 19th century. The British and Americans have never gotten along very ...
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19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art

Children Playing by the Shore, a charming work by the British artist Dorothea Sharp, is to be offered at Bonhams 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art sale in London on ...