Victorian London Revealed: Gustave Dore's Metropolis

by Eric De Marè

This lavishly illustrated picture-documentary brings into clear focus the architecture, environment, and people of London during a period of unprecedented expansion. In 1872, Gustave Dore 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 Mare'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 Dore'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.

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2001

About the author

Eric de Maré was a British photographer and author, described as one of the greatest British architectural photographers.

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[Stargazer]

why is the type so head achingly tiny tho!!