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Document Alive, yet dead: Mourning in the Victorian period, Sandra Franz

This article explores the attitude towards death through two different sources – a photograph of parents posing with their deceased infant as an...

Tennyson, mourning, 19th century, Victorian Culture, Photography, Death view
Link American Masters: Alfred Steiglitz

A useful set of related on-line texts and videos covering the life and work of this crucially important  American photographer.

Photography view
Link America’s First Look Into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839 – 1864

A useful and compendious on-line overview of early American photography, provided by the Library of Congress. Provides a strong focus upon the...

Photography view
Link Britain from above – arial photographs, 1919-1953

Aerofilms collection of over 16,000 aerial photographs taken between 1919 and 1953, fully searchable by keyword. Many photographs are annotated....

Aerial photography, Photography, Historical geography, Urban & metropolitan history, Landscape, History view
Link Greek Radio-Television Broadcasting Archive

This website contains part of the digital, audiovisual archive of ERT, the Greek State Television. The archive includes videos since the...

Modern Greek, Greek culture, Greek cinema, Greek language, Film Studies, European cinema, Greek audio & video materials, Culture, Cinema, Music, Photography, Television, Archive, Society view
Link Images of England

A ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century. Over 300,000 images of England’s...

Buildings, Built environment, Listed buildings, Photography, History view
Link Images of Queen Victoria

A collection of over 280 images of Queen Victoria, her extensive family, and her court.

Victorian, 19th century, Monarchy, Imagery, Photography, History view
Document Pomp and Privation in Victorian India, Kapil Komireddi

This essay examines British colonial rule in late nineteenth-century India through the lens of two contemporaneous artefacts. Each vivifies a...

Victorian Culture, Indian history, Famine, Social history, 19th century, Photography, Newspapers, Literature view
Link The Dictionary of Victorian London

Contains primary sources covering the social history of Victorian London, including extracts from Victorian newspapers, diaries, journalism,...

Social history, Women, Transport, River Thames, Shops & shopping, Technology, Science, Victorian, London, 19th century, Advertising, Architecture, Charities, Childhood, Clothing & fashions, Communications, Crime, Death & dying, Human diseases, French Education, Entertainment, Finance, Food & drink, Health & hygiene, Houses & housing, Legal system, Lighting, Markets, Police, British politics, Photography, Populations, Prisons, Professions & trades, Religion, History view
Link The Victorian Web

A constantly evolving archive of over 61,000 documents and images relating to the British Victorian period. The emphasis is on connections between...

19th century, Social history, History of science, Architecture, Painting, Visual arts, Sculpture, Book design & illustration, Photography, Decorative arts, Gender view
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