The Geikwar of Baroda
Photograph taken by Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914).
The invention and development of photography brought many more images into circulation in society. As the British Empire grew there was a desire ...
The Geikwar of Baroda
This photograph is annotated with 'The Geikwar of Baroda. Wearing state jewels value £2.000.000'.
The Great Western Arcade
Image: Old and New Birmingham by R.K Dent, 1880. Birmingham Central Library, Local Studies and History.
The Hebrew School Log Book
The Hebrew School Log Book (1867-1886).
This is a page from one of the log books from the National Hebrew School, covering the years of 1867-1886. The Jewish teacher’s entry makes several complaints ...
The Indian Mutiny
This advertisement for 'The Indian Mutiny'- a comedy by George Daventry- was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham in April 1894. The title refers to the Indian rebellion of 1857 or first ...
The Joseph Sturge Portrait- Alternative Version?
Image: Joseph Sturge
This recently discovered drawing seems very close to the 'main' portrait of Joseph Sturge now in the Birmingham Art Gallery. Was the sketch made from the Oil painting? Or was it ...
The Montserrat Company
Image: an advertisement of the Montserrat Lime Juice Company.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. Near the end of his life, he created a free labour ...
The Nautch Girl
Britain's encounters during the period of colonial expansion led to a proliferation of ideas about, and representations of, 'the East.' The attitudes of the colonial administration towards its 'subjects' ...
The Quaker Reading Society and 'Slave Narratives'
The records of the Quaker Reading Society identify that its members purchased a number of books that are often referred to as ‘slave narratives’. These were a vital source of information for local antislavery ...
The Severn Street School
Image: Photograph from 'The Story of the Severn Street and Priory First-day Schools, Our Jubilee Year' by William White (1895).
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The Sins of Our Cities by Our Resident Special Commissioner, III. Birmingham The Modern Review, No. 5
The Sins of Our Cities described how for many children their ‘surroundings were vile, their associates vicious, their homes wretched. ’ Lacking adult moral guidance children were seen as being at risk ...
The Sitting Room, by Myra Bunce
‘Mr. Bunce is an intense lover of art and artists […] notable examples of Wainwright, of his old friend Henshaw, of H. Moore, Langley, J. Collier, Aumonier, East, Donaldson, Thomas Baker, Wyllie, and ...
The Sturge House on Wheeley's Road
Image: Calthorpe Estate Drawing.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. In 1822 Sturge purchased land from the Calthorpe estate. He built his house in Edgbaston ...
The Sturge Statue
Image: date unknown.
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The Town Hall
Image: An illustration of the Town Hall in the nineteenth century.
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'The Unity of God'
Copy of an early Jewish sermon by M. Raphall, preacher of Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Birmingham between 1840-1849 who later emigrated to America. The preface of the sermon states 'The following Discourse ...
The Warwickshire Photographic Survey and Schooling
The Warwickshire Photographic Survey is made up of some 25,000 photographs, 10,000 of which are from the original survey. Set up in 1890 by the Birmingham Photographic Society members Sir John Benjamin ...
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
This very popular children’s book was written by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) in 1862-1863 as part of the campaign against climbing boys. The main character, Tom, is a little chimney sweep who drowns ...