Victorian things

Object detail

Accession number

92-023

Maker

Asa Briggs

Description

Things as emissaries -- The great Victorian collection -- 'The philosophy of the eye' spectacles, cameras and the new vision -- Images of fame -- The wonders of common things -- Hearth and home -- Hats, caps and bonnets -- Carboniferous capitalism : coal, iron and paper -- Stamps - used and unused -- New things-and old.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

ISBN/ISSN

071344519X
0713445203

Credit line

Asa Briggs. 1988. Victorian things, 92-023. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

London Greater London England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

History Popular culture Material culture Victoria, 1837-1901 History Great Britain Victoriana

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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