The opening of the underground railway in London in 1890. This was a great advancement to the growth of transportation.
http://londonist.com/2006/12/monday_miscella_36.php
Common Victorian fashion. This is similar to what the women would have worn in the play.
http://www.costumes.org/history/victorian/women/fashionplates/delin1891dresses.jpg
Westminster Abbey 1890. Religion played a pivotal role in the characters lives.
http://www.photosofchurches.com/london-westminster-abbey.htm
House of Parliament1890. Jack, the main character of the play associates himself as a liberal unionist. Political ties are important to the characters within the play.
www.histografica.com/
The English Countryside in 1890. Jack owned a country home in which the entire second act is played out in.
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/bridges/9.html
Popular culture in London in 1890 included going to the theater, classical music and going to local clubs and restaurants.
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/index.html
Male Fashion in London 1890.http://www.design-training.com/art/fashion-history.html
Richard Wagner, German composer that was popular among the characters of the play.
http://arbitraryandfanciful.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/wagner_370.jpg
Fleet street London 1890.
http://images.francisfrith.com/c10/high/27/L130080.jpg
Letter written and postmarked in London 1890. In the play, Cecily writes Ernst many times and forges his letters back to her.
http://www.kcphilatelics.co.uk/1070b.jpg
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