Victorian London Revealed: Gustave Dore's Metropolis - Softcover

De Mare, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141390840 ISBN 13: 9780141390840

Publisher: Penguin Uk, 2001

Synopsis

This lavishly illustrated picture–documentary brings into clear focus the architecture, environment, and people of London during a period of unprecedented expansion.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In 1872, Gustave Doré published London: A Pilgrimage, in which he captured, often from memory, the life of the great city. His London was a city of contrasts: of light and shadow, a vital, bustling metropolis, which encompassed the fashionable Ladies’ Mile in Hyde Park and the appalling poverty of the East End. But what was Victorian London really like? Eric de Maré’s informative text tells us about the everyday lives of Londoners, how they worked, how they dressed, how they dealt with poverty, education, crime, and sex, and how they entertained themselves. Accompanied by many of Gustave Doré’s evocative engravings as well as other illustrations and photographs, Victorian London Revealed, originally published in Britain in 1973, provides a stunningly vivid portrait of a world that left an imposing legacy.

About the Author:

Eric de Mare is a distinguished architectural historian and Penguin author. His other books include: PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE, BRIDGES OF BRITAIN, and THE CANALS OF BRITAIN AND LONDON 1851: THE YEAR OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Uk
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141390840
• ISBN 13: 9780141390840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240