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Victorian London, Cab Drivers and the Internet What's the problem with the Internet? Well, it's finding what you're looking for promptly and hopefully not getting too distracted. I recently purchased a print called "A London Cabstand" by J. C. Dollman (1851 - 1934) and I wanted to find out if there were any other cab related paintings by this artist. The search engines were quite successful, but also returned links to other sites that I found interesting. Three hours later I came off the PC none the wiser, but with a wealth of excellent London resources... J. C. Dollman's "A London Cabstand" appears in the London Museum and being a Victorian, he also features in some interesting Victorian related websites. One of these great, fantastic, brilliant web sites was VictorianLondon.org Can you tell that I liked it...? VictorianLondon.org's web site is basic, no flash graphics here thankfully! If you know how to use Microsoft's Windows Explorer, then you know how to navigate the site using the folders structure. Whatever the subject, whether it's advertising in Victorian times to Victorian words and expressions, you'll find the details here together with sources and hyperlinks. For instance, relating to London Cabmen HERE with an extract: "There is no better abused set of men in existence than the London Cabmen!" Hey, I thought, this must be worth reading with an extract like that! The site basically stores a copy of a book called "Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - Street Life in London" - by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (1877). Makes very interesting reading... On the same wavelength HERE called "Victorian London - Transport - Road - Cabs - Character of Cabs and Cabmen" with a sketch of a Hackney Coachman taken from George Cruikshank's London Characters (1829). Another brilliant section of the site's HERE This is an interactive map of Victorian London where you roll your cursor over a section of the site to see details of that particular area. For instance, the first train station in London (London Bridge 1836), the first tunnel (Thames Tunnel 1843), etc. Also available from this section are hyperlinks to other excellent Victorian maps: Charles Booth's 1889 Poverty Maps, Reynolds' Map of London 1859, Greenwood's 1827 Map. But what is so great about this site is |
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the depth of effort involved reproducing these resources for the web.
You can drill right down to individual streets/areas. Just mind-blowingly
fantastic... VictorianLondon.org is the definitive site for what its name suggests, so please go visit them, but only if you've got a few spare hours because like me, you will be hooked... Rural Walworth! |
maps and books, especially relating to London. All the maps are available as
prints for purchase or for download - albeit not the same quality and
copyrighted. For instance, I found prints of my old manor of Walworth,
Southwark in 1799 showing it as a lovely rural location. Them was the
days...! An excellent site with some great maps and prints and well worth a visit... Be lucky and see you next month Vince
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