Victorian Web

Long-established scholarly site about all things Victorian, now also on &

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

#armisticeday One of the most moving war memorials is Sir William Goscombe John's, at Port Sunlight, on the defence of home and country. It's unbearably sad that so many people, armed forces and civilians alike, are still suffering in war zones https://t.co/Yvh924UA8Q

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Garden' painting by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist #womensart

[AWNPugin @Pugin_awn]

#Heraldic wallpaper. Designed by #AWNPugin.

#Wallpaper of #Heraldicdesign featuring a white repeating pattern of crown, fleur de lys and pomegranate within ogival bands, on a yellow and green background.

#pugin #puginwallpaper #pugindesign #gothicrevival #gothicrevivalwallpaper

[Ruskin Society @ruskinsociety]

🏞️
Thirlmere shows #Ruskin at his most combative. Opposing Manchester's reservoir scheme, he argued that the Lake District was more than a resource to be exploited. The campaign failed, but helped inspire the growth of modern conservation thinking.
#LakeDistrict #Conservation

[Lucy Paquette @HammockAuthor]

Portrait of Mrs. Ernest Moon (1888)

by William Blake Richmond (British, 1842-1921)

Tate Britain, London

@artukdotorg

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

#RemembranceDay Chertsey War Memorial commemorates victory and homecoming, but seems so poignant when you know that the sculptor, Joseph Whithead, lost his own son Eric during the final stages of WWI https://t.co/bo4PzSJsuF

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

This engraving of Cranbourn Street near Leicester Square is from an issue of the Illustrated London News of 1845—it was first opened as part of Sir James Pennethorne's "London Improvements"--sad to hear recently that it's under threat! https://t.co/So2JXuNvJa

[AWNPugin @Pugin_awn]

Church of #StThomasofCanterbury, #Fulham, #London. #AWNPugin, 1847-48.
📷© @RCWestminster

It is the only complete #Pugin Church in London. In 1969 the #chancel was re-ordered and a new #altar of Caen Stone was placed facing the people.

#gothicrevival #pugindesign
#puginfulham

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

#Pumpkins, fireworks & the end of October! Do take a look at the month's gleanings. We don't send newsletters but that doesn't mean we've nothing to report. In fact, its been a busy month— though with some sad news at the beginning. See "What's New" https://t.co/lvli4FjhVz

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

@Nick_Holland_ Congratulations!

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

#OTD, 27 October 1883, in Punch magazine, "Railway Puzzle. To find the name of the station" -- so you thought intrusive advertising was a new thing???! https://t.co/BmO027jFyp

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

Don't forget the #clocksgoback tonight!! Here are some splendid clocks on our site:. How many can you identiiy?

[PreRaphaeliteSociety @PreRaphSoc]

Paintings of muse and model Fanny Eaton (nee Entwhistle, 1835–1924), to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK.

Born in Jamaica, Fanny came to London when she was young, the daughter of Matilda Foster, a woman of African heritage who had been enslaved in the British Colony. …

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

The cover of Lydia Murdoch's book shows a tragic scene... Here's a must-read for anyone interested in the wider repercussions of this experience of devastating loss—all-too-common in the Victorian era (review by Alyssa Q. Johnson) https://t.co/sRq6llR3hI

[Lucy Paquette @HammockAuthor]

Mrs. Louis E. Raphael (Henriette Goldschmidt, 1877-1926) c. 1906

by John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Margaret Macdonald ( 1864 – 1933) artist whose design work became one of the defining features of the Glasgow Style during the 1890s to 1900s. ##WomensArt #GlasgowGirls

[Lucy Paquette @HammockAuthor]

Mrs. Luke Ionides (Elfrida Elizabeth Bird, 1848-1929) 1882

by William Blake Richmond (British, 1842-1921)

@V_and_A

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

Here's another of the truly individual architects of the Victorian age: David Valinsky's "The Architecture and Writings of E.S. Prior: Challenging the Arts and Crafts" does full justice to Prior's unique buildings and inspiring vision. https://t.co/DKs9RFl0X2

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

A "New Woman" novel of the 1890s that shows how a heroine's acceptance of "traditional womanhood" brings unexpected fulfilment? Sounds contradictory, to say the least! Time to reread Kathleen Mannington Caffyn (Iota)'s "A Yellow Aster"! https://t.co/LiiiSUsDEl

[Sarah Wise @MissSarahWise]

On Weds 4 November, 7pm, I'm giving a talk online @citylit about no 18 Denmark St. Here at the 'Eclectic Hall' , a range of 19th-century radicals attracted sell-out crowds. We'll explore the shifting political currents of Soho and St Giles at mid-century

https://t.co/5WfzqYEIAh