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How Victorian jewellery both shaped and reflected changes in society

Victorians Beyond the Academy, Victorians on Display

Jewellery’s evolution in the 1800s highlights many of the economic and moral changes that transformed British society during the Queen’s 63-year reign. Jewellery is a private, yet paradoxically the most visible, sign of these social shifts. The growth of personal autonomy meant it was worn on the body, exchanged in love and carried into mourning — yet its evolution was based on the large-scale trends of imperial expansion and technological advance. From Tudor exclusivity to Victorian ubiquity By the nineteenth

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Spotting Wildlife in Arts and Crafts Textiles: The Red Squirrels of Morris & Co.

Exhibitions, Other, Victorians Beyond the Academy, Victorians on Display

Red squirrels had reason to be wary of the Victorians. Nineteenth-century culture popularised the animals – they were even kept as pets – but the Victorians also unwittingly caused the decline of the red squirrel population by introducing the rival species, the grey squirrel, to Britain.[1] Today, sciurus vulgaris stands at the centre of an emotionally charged debate about the conservation of native habitats. The red squirrel’s persistent appeal most likely has to do with its endearing looks. But in

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