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[Sarah Sophia Banks collection] [electronic resource], ca. 1740-1850 1780-1840.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Victorian popular culture. Music hall, theatre and popular entertainment.
- Victorian popular culture. Music hall, theatre and popular entertainment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744-1818--Archives.
- Banks, Sarah Sophia.
- Scrapbooks--England--London.
- Scrapbooks.
- Printed ephemera--England--London.
- Printed ephemera.
- Entertainment events--England.
- Entertainment events.
- Performing arts--England--London.
- Performing arts.
- Amusements--England.
- Amusements.
- Ballooning.
- Amateur theater--England--London.
- Amateur theater.
- Popular culture--Great Britain--History--18th century--Sources.
- Popular culture.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--18th century--Sources.
- Theater.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century--Sources.
- London (England).
- Edition:
- [2015 release].
- Place of Publication:
- ca. 1740-1850
- Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015.
- Summary:
- Electronic reproduction of the Sophia Sarah Banks scrapbooks in the British Library. Several scrapbooks in the British Library cover various popular entertainments in Britain from the late Georgian period onwards. Two scrapbooks are attributed to Sophia Sarah Banks, sister of the famous botanist, Joseph Banks. The first, comprised of over 400 pages, includes a large group of hand-coloured engravings, newspaper cuttings and handbills associated with ballooning, an activity that sparked public interest in the last quarter of the 18th century as the first experimental flights took place in Europe. A second scrapbook is variously attributed to Banks and Charles Burney (1757-1817), a classical scholar and prolific collector. This unique collection of playbills, notices, and press cuttings relates to private theatricals in England between 1750 and 1808, a popular form of entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by publisher; resource viewed on 10 June 2015.
- Originally published Oct. 2010; re-released May 2015 with additional material and amended URLs.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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