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Ottobah Cugoano: A powerful critic of slavery

Cugoano shared his own experience of enslavement to try and end it for good

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The shadowy dock scenes of Gustave Doré

Romanticised illustrations that conjure up the sweat, clamour and clank of the 19th-century London riverside

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Royal reads: Books owned by British monarchs

A royal reading list truly fit for queens and kings

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Etching

Smith, John Thomas

1816-1817

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A plan of the City of London after the Great Fire in the Year of our Lord 1666 according to the design and proposal of Sir Christopher Wren, Kt. for rebuilding it. Shewing the situation of the Great Streets, St Pauls Cathedral, the Exchange, Guildhall, the Custom House and other public offices (map)

1666; 17th century

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The London horse market (book illustration)

C. 1873