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Sourcebook - The British Empire: The
First Global Superpower, 1851-1956 [CA v0.85]
List of documents
1. Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (1837), Empress of India
(1876)..................................................................................................................1
1.1. The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851
(Painting).........................................................................................................1
1.2. Web, Aston (Sir), Queen Victoria Memorial, 1911.....................................2
2. The First Urbanized and Industrialized Nation: Towns, Factories and Social
Classes................................................................................................................2
2.1. Cruikshank, George, Michaelmas Day in London (Editorial Cartoon)........2
2.2. Cruikshank, George, British Museum 2043 (Editorial Cartoon).................2
2.3. Cruikshank, George, Women Political Rights (Editorial Cartoon)..............2
2.4. Steam Allegory (c. 1850)..........................................................................3
2.5. Here is one of those miserable ghosts that start up from time to time in
the London streets …, 1871.............................................................................3
2.6. Drawing of a coal miner, Trimdon (Durham County, North of England), c.
1890.................................................................................................................4
3. The Framework of Globalization: Classical Liberalism.....................................5
4. Victorian Globalization: The Transport Revolution...........................................5
4.1. Meeson, Dora, London Bridge from the South, c. 1910 (Painting)............5
4.2. "Gibraltar" by Charles Pears for the Empire Marketing Board, c. 1930
(Poster)............................................................................................................5
4.3. Victory Regent Street, 1945 (Drawing).....................................................5
5. The City: Financial Nexus of the World............................................................5
5.1. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange [Built in 1842-1844], c.
1902-1906 (Photography)................................................................................5
6. The Wealth of the British Empire.....................................................................5
6.1. Leech, John, The Needlewoman at Home and Abroad, Punch, December,
1850 (Editorial Cartoon)..................................................................................5
6.2. Joy, George William (1844 – 1925), General Gordon's Last Stand, 1893
(Painting).........................................................................................................5
6.3. Tomb of General Gordon...........................................................................6
6.4. Empire Makers and Breakers: A Scene at the South Africa Committee
1897, Vanity Fair, November 25, 1897.............................................................6
1. Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United
Kingdom (1837), Empress of India (1876)
1.1. The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen
Victoria on 1 May 1851 (Painting)
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aintings/
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'The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851' by Henry
Courtney Selous, oil on canvas, London, 1851-1852, Museum no. 329-1889
1.2.
Web, Aston (Sir), Queen Victoria Memorial, 1911
http://www.aviewoncities.com/london/victoriamemorial.htm
2. The First Urbanized and Industrialized
Nation: Towns, Factories and Social Classes
2.1. Cruikshank, George, Michaelmas Day in London
(Editorial Cartoon)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-Print-Michaelmas-Day-London-England-September-Geor
ge-Cruikshank-Cityscape-/370917458655
2.2. Cruikshank,
George,
(Editorial Cartoon)
British
Museum
2043
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-Print-British-Museum-Future-England-George-Cruikshan
k-Cartoon-Funny-Humor-/370938786912
2.3. Cruikshank, George,
(Editorial Cartoon)
Women
Political
Rights
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-Print-Women-Rights-Politics-England-George-Cruikshan
k-Figures-Cartoon-Funny-/370938787207
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2.4.
Steam Allegory (c. 1850)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/victorian_britain/industry_invention/images/steam_all
egory.gif
2.5. Here is one of those miserable ghosts that start up
from time to time in the London streets …, 1871
"Here is one of those miserable ghosts that start up from time to
time in the London streets, to sicken the rich man of his wealth and to disgust the
happy man with his happiness. If the wretched object before us could put his thoughts
into intelligible English, what a story of misery, want, filth, sickness, and crime he
could unfold! He is of course a thief; who in his situation would not be? He is a liar; but
his lies are told for bread. He is a blasphemer; God help him, what has he to be
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thankful for? He is filthy in his person; but filth means warmth in his vocabulary. He
pushes his way insolently among well-dressed women, who shrink from his infected
rags; why should he respect those whose only regard for him is a feeling of
undisguised aversion? He can tell you of open-air places where there is snug lying;
places where you can sleep with tolerable comfort for nothing; he can tell you all
about the different houses of detection, criminal gaols, police-cells, and tramp-wards
in the neighbourhood of the metropolis; and he can compare their various merits and
demerits, and strike a balance in favour of this or that. He has been a thief since he
could walk, and he will be a thief till he dies---it is the only trade that has ever been
opened to him, and in his case it has proved a poor one. Truly he is one of the saddest
sights in the London streets".
London Characters and the Humourous Side of London Life. With Upwards of 70
Illustrations, Stanley Rivers & Co., 1871.
http://www.victorianweb.org/books/mcdonnell/streets2.html
2.6. Drawing of a coal miner, Trimdon (Durham County,
North of England), c. 1890
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/lesson20.htm
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3. The Framework of Globalization: Classical
Liberalism
4. Victorian
Revolution
Globalization:
The
Transport
4.1. Meeson, Dora, London Bridge from the South, c.
1910 (Painting)
http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-pla548
(Oil on canvas)
4.2. "Gibraltar" by Charles Pears
Marketing Board, c. 1930 (Poster)
for
the
Empire
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/3010332076/
4.3.
Victory Regent Street, 1945 (Drawing)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/3047452739/
5. The City: Financial Nexus of the World
5.1. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange
[Built in 1842-1844], c. 1902-1906 (Photography)
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/feist/29.html
6. The Wealth of the British Empire
6.1. Leech, John, The Needlewoman at Home and
Abroad, Punch, December, 1850 (Editorial Cartoon)
http://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I0000cFRvIHO0NC0
6.2. Joy, George William (1844 –
Gordon's Last Stand, 1893 (Painting)
1925),
General
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/general-gordons-last-stand-38781 =
http://www.yorkshiresfavourites.org/paintings/general-gordon-039-s-last-stand.html
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http://fineartamerica.com/featured/general-gordons-last-stand-george-william-joy.html
(Oil on canvas, 236 x 175 cm, Leeds Art Gallery)
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6.3.
Tomb of General Gordon
http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/pomeroy/55.html
by Frederick William Pomeroy (1857-1924). A.B. Burton, Founder. Bronze. St. Paul's
Cathedral, London.
6.4. Empire Makers and Breakers: A Scene at the South
Africa Committee 1897, Vanity Fair, November 25, 1897.
Empire Makers and Breakers : A Scene at the South Africa Committee 1897
http://www.darvillsrareprints.com/images/images/Vanity
Fair/Doubles/Empire-Makers-c.jpg
[Cecil Rhodes, The Squire of Malwood, Henry Du Pre Labouchere, Joseph Chamberlain,
and Her Majesty's Attorney-General]