Illustrations of history

1895 readers

10 users here now

This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

PugJesus@lemmy.world

PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com

100

A Victorian device for trying on shoes. (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly it's a wonder anyone was even born in England during this time period.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's the thing: Victorians were dirty, horny fuckers.

There is a lot of evidence for this left behind in writing. It just wasn't socially acceptable, so doesn't show up in Victorian mainstream stuff -- much like now, I guess.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I feel like sexual repression just has weird effects on a culture, I mean, just look at Japan.