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Unique collection of royal memorabilia, including much Victoriana, to be auctioned on 6 June: bit.ly/JKrFtz. twitter.com/Tetens/status/… 6:31 PM May 25th via web
@ODNB researchers track down the life story of Henry Croft (1861–1930), the original Pearly King: bit.ly/KSKyMq. 4:44 PM May 24th via web
BritishMonarchy On loan from the #RoyalArchives school copy books of #QueenVictoria are now available for viewing at The National Archives Kew until 17 Aug. 8:59 AM May 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by Tetens and 10 others
bodleianlibs Journals of #QueenVictoria available online in new resource from @bodleianlibs, the Royal Archives and @ProQuest bit.ly/JpQArv 6:29 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by Tetens and 15 others
Brunel's steamship "Great Britain" (1843) floated on "sea" of 55,000 litres of lime-green jelly by Bompas & Parr: bbc.in/KmrsjT. 9:11 PM May 22nd via web
Happy Victoria Day to my followers in Canada! 5:53 AM May 21st via web
@MagdalenRose @ForgottenBkmrks Thanks, glad you enjoy it! Took a little break to get my PhD thesis going, but will be posting again soon. 4:01 PM May 20th via web in reply to MagdalenRose
HistoryToday On this day in 1849: a shot was fired at the young Queen Victoria as she rode through Hyde Park bit.ly/Jr2LPj 1:14 AM May 19th via TweetDeck Retweeted by Tetens and 22 others
@LandmarkTrust seeks funds for Lyme Regis home of Eleanor Coade (1733-1821), inventor of Coade stone, and John Fowles: bit.ly/KLdXL9. 6:44 PM May 18th via web
guardianculture Dickens, Browning and Lear: what's in a reputation? gu.com/p/37k5p/tf 6:41 AM May 17th via twitterfeed Retweeted by Tetens and 1 other
@GrahamYeates Thanks, will take a look! 8:11 AM May 14th via web in reply to GrahamYeates
image_quest Getty Research Institute launches free online search gateway to the world's art libraries zite.to/Ja0JTM 4:27 PM May 13th via Zite Personalized Magazine Retweeted by Tetens and 1 other
thevicsoc Sheffield's overgrown Victorian cemetery. A good explore. A worthy dereliction? ow.ly/aSwJK 10:53 AM May 13th via HootSuite Retweeted by Tetens and 10 others
This Victorianist is a bit apprehensive about presenting a paper to medievalists tomorrow...they know all the good tortures. #Kzoo2012 11:25 PM May 11th via web
britishlibrary RT @TanyaKirk: New blog post: Dickens, the Thames and the Staplehurst rail disaster bit.ly/IHD1Ue #writingbritain 7:07 AM May 8th via TweetDeck Retweeted by Tetens and 11 others
bodleianlibs From @nytimes: Bodleian Announces Crowd-Sourced Victorian Music Project: nyti.ms/KRp2ex 2:49 AM May 3rd via Tweet Button Retweeted by Tetens and 7 others
Which of Dickens's novels is the most "Dickensian"? A handy tongue-in-cheek chart: bit.ly/JL20op. 12:42 PM May 5th via web
1755Dictionary Whenever I see Hertz Van Hire I always imagine it to be the name of a 17th century Dutch genre painter. 3:36 AM May 5th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by Tetens and 2 others
Ruffians, pickpockets, and jewel fences: what was crime-fighting actually like in Sherlock Holmes's London? slate.me/IKDAgV 8:07 PM May 4th via web
A close escape from a life as Mrs. Clotworthy Skeffington -- @lucyinglis on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: bit.ly/J7hrHk. 9:08 AM May 4th via web

Name Kristan Tetens
Location Victorian Britain
Web http://www.victor...
Bio Historian (19th-c. Britain) and writer (nonfiction). This is the Twitter companion to The Victorian Peeper (my blog), and Victorian London (my Facebook page).