In 19th-century London, finding a decent place to live was challenging. The city was growing quickly, giving way to severe overcrowding, especially in more impoverished areas. Yet, as the ...

But as cameras became more sophisticated, photographers turned their eye to everyday life in the British capital. Click or scroll through the gallery to see the earliest photographs of London and ...

This book brings together a range of new models for modern living that emerged in response to social and economic changes in nineteenth-century London, and the literature that gave expression to their ...

A chalk and pastel sketch of Dickens at the time when he was living in Doughty Street A collection of rarely-seen items connected to 19th ... at the London museum dedicated to his life and work.