Stories
- Article
The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
- In pictures
The Victorian perspective on spectacles
When spectacles began to proliferate in the 19th century, some commentators were alarmed. Gemma Almond reveals how the Victorians came to embrace eyewear.
- Article
Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph
In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
M 20176 'Four Children of ESS John, Geraldine, Tom, Marjorie'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.117/1Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
M 20211 'Geraldine & Tom SS Children of Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.120/6Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
M 20210 'Geraldine Schafer, Tom Schafer - younger children of ESS - Geraldine and Tom full face'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.120/5Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
M 20196 'Maud Schafer (née Dixey) wife of ESS - two younger children Geraldine & Tom - taken by Pappa May'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.119/1Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
M 20180 'Marjory Schafer, John Sharpey-Schafer. Two eldest children of Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.117/5Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)