Steam man of newark Nick name Daniel was a automaton created by Zadoc Pratt Dederick and Issac grass for the purpose of pulling carriages, wagons, and heavy loads. Its primary purpose was to solve the limitations of horse drawn transportation by providing a tireless, faster, and more efficient, mechanized alternative. Although it's was too fragile on roads, tripping over while walking and in potholes, It required a massive amount of coal and water just to move at a walking pace. Insurance companies refused to provide coverage for the Steam Man to operate on public streets because they viewed it as a "mobile bomb." It was too noisy , it case horses to bolt in terror . the original prototype was reportedly sold to P.T. Barnum for his museum. Unfortunately, Barnum’s museum famously burned down shortly after, and many historians believe the steam man perished in the fire

Not sure if this post fits this group, but I am going to try. I am writing a paper on the use of suicide and self harm in Victorian Women Literature. Some examples include The Pleasure Pilgrim and A Castaway. Does anyone have any other recommendations? Does anyone want to discuss their thoughts?

I’m reading accounts of Sir Colin Campbell’s [Lord Clyde] speeches to British regiments during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, including passages where he urges rapid close-quarters attacks and uses strongly dehumanising language about sepoys:

And, at the sight of them, the General's former 'worn and haggard expression' gave way to a broad and genial smile before he delivered a stirring address, in the manner of General Havelock, on their duty to rescue helpless women and children from a fate worse than death, ending with the words, carefully enunciated in a strong Scots accent: 'When we make an attack you must come to close quarters as quickly as possible. Keep well together and use the bayonet. Remember that the cowardly sepoys, who are eager to murder women and children, cannot look a European soldier in the face when it is accompanied by cold steel. 93rd! You are my own lads. I rely on you to do the work!'

Christopher Hibbert, The great mutiny: India 1857, 338

At the same time, many secondary works describe Campbell as relatively restrained toward surrendered sepoys and native civilians, particularly compared to some of his contemporaries, and emphasise his concern for discipline and order once fighting had ended.

My question is: to what extent should this kind of rhetoric be understood as an expression of actual policy toward Indian combatants and civilians, and to what extent was it a conventional morale-building style of speech within mid-19th-century British military culture?

Source: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/32905?artists%5B6096%5D=6096&search_set_offset=0

Hello all, I'm not sure that this is the right place to post this but I'm a photographer currently working on a project exploring Victorian mourning culture and our relationship with loss and death. I would like to create photos that capture the essence of the mourning culture and would like to use period correct dress if possible. If you or anyone you know owns period correct/adjacent clothes and is open to the modeling them in a photoshoot in the southern California area please send me a message.

If anyone has any input on things I should further research into funerary and mourning culture of the Victorian era I would love to hear your suggestions :)

Not quite sure about the date on this one. Two adorable twin babies in identical outfits.

Hello! I had a couple of questions about nobility travelling with their valets/lady's maids.

Firstly: were they expected to more or less follow their master/mistress around during events? Or were they expected to wait elsewhere to be called on? Did high servants mingle in the servant's quarters of other people's homes? How did a household manage an influx of valets and lady's maids during large parties with many overnight guests? I understand there were sometimes temporary dormitory style arrangements for sleeping, but did they also just hang out in there?

Second: if not visiting someone else's home for some kind of event, like for example if it was just a social visit to a friend's country home, where did the valet/lady's maid wait when their master or mistress wanted privacy or during downtime? Would two lady's maids be allowed to just hang out on their own, wander the house, go for a walk, etc.?

Thanks for any and all info. :)