Printed for the author, by J. Fletcher Chester, 1786 [Porteus] 10 (SR) Observing and studying the weather connects humans with their environment. This book traces the balloon voyage of Thomas Baldwin between Chester, Warrington and Rixton-Moss on 8 September 1785. His published account describes the changes in temperature, atmosphere and sensations he experienced. He recounts the joy and awe inspired in him as the balloon brings him closer to the skies: “... what Scenes of Grandeur and Beauty! ...to look down on the unexpected Change already wrought in the Works of Art and Nature, contracted to a Span by the new perspective, diminished almost beyond the Bounds of Credibility”
On of a set of plaster miniatures of the bas reliefs that decorate Bentham House, now part of University College London. The building was designed by Herbert Lidbetter and constructed in 1954-58 as the headquarters of the Municipal and General Workers Union. The reliefs were designed by the sculptor Esmond Burton and celebrate the professions the union represented. The models show a dustman, quarryman, clerical worker, metal worker, housewife and nurse.
This small silver spoon belonged to Ellen Ternan, and is ultimately preserved not because of her prowess as an actress, but because of her ambiguous relationship with Charles Dickens.
Watercolour, wash, pencil and pen and ink c.1810 - c. 1814 MS811/I/19 A day with “bright sunshine” evokes the memory of the battle of Lake Trasimene near the town of Ossaia in Umbria, Italy, between Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces and the Roman army on a summer day in 217 BC. Daughter of Thomas H. Lewin, lieutenant in colonial India, and later wife of MP George Grote, Harriet Lewin, an influential political radical activist in 1830s Britain, notes how landscapes can prompt reflection on historical events, making them part of our own memories. Initial research suggests that human memory is affected differently by certain types of weather.
Chronicling journeys made throughout Britain and Europe, Harriet Lewin uses her sketchbook to write down her impressions and capture an image of the new environments she encountered during her travels. She was the daughter of Thomas H. Lewin, lieutenant in colonial India, later wife of MP George Grote, and became an influential political radical activist in 1830s Britain. Throughout this journal of her early life she notes how landscapes can prompt reflection on historical sites and events, making them part of our own memories. Initial research suggests that human memory is affected differently by certain types of weather.
A day with “bright sunshine” evokes the memory of the battle of Lake Trasimene near the town of Ossaia in Umbria, Italy, between Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces and the Roman army on a summer day in 217 BC. Daughter of Thomas H. Lewin, lieutenant in colonial India, and later wife of MP George Grote, Harriet Lewin, an influential political radical activist in 1830s Britain, notes how landscapes can prompt reflection on historical events, making them part of our own memories. Initial research suggests that human memory is affected differently by certain types of weather.
1983. Photograph of the Greenham Common Peace Camp, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 1st April 1983, Police clearing peace demonstrators out of the way as a coach eaves the air base at Greenham Common.
This apron is from one of the country’s oldest temperance groups, founded as the Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity Society, in August 1835. Their name came from the Old Testament, specifically Jeremiah 35, in which Jehonadab, Rechab’s son, forbade his descendants from drinking wine. It shows the Order’s crest, with figures of Peace and Plenty; the three images of triangular tents echoes the fact that this was the group’s name for its local chapters. A notable trait of the Order of Rechabites was their hierarchical structure, which more closely resembled a fraternal order than a typical temperance organization, and the symbolism here is reminiscent of freemasonry. Regalia such as this often denoted one’s position in the ‘Tent’ hierarchy, all the way up to the High Chief Ruler.
1961-1965. File title, "Committee of 100 incl. Industrial Sub. Cttee. “Voice of N.D.”. Includes papers of London Committee of 100, leaflets and reports about protests and demonstrations. Legal and general briefings for those taking part in non-violent demonstrations, civil disobedience, direct action. Requests for support at Old Bailey trials of protesters. Questionnaire for Committee of 100 Survey.
1961-1965. File title, "Committee of 100 incl. Industrial Sub. Cttee. “Voice of N.D.”. Includes papers of London Committee of 100, leaflets and reports about protests and demonstrations. Legal and general briefings for those taking part in non-violent demonstrations, civil disobedience, direct action. Requests for support at Old Bailey trials of protesters. Questionnaire for Committee of 100 Survey.
1961-1965. File title, "Committee of 100 incl. Industrial Sub. Cttee. “Voice of N.D.”. Includes papers of London Committee of 100, leaflets and reports about protests and demonstrations. Legal and general briefings for those taking part in non-violent demonstrations, civil disobedience, direct action. Requests for support at Old Bailey trials of protesters. Questionnaire for Committee of 100 Survey.
