Françoise Baillet
@fbaillet.bsky.social
Prof. of British History and Culture at @universite-caen.bsky.social Victorianist. Newspapers & magazines. Labour and the illustrated press. Principal Investigator (PI) of @punchspocketbook.bsky.social. She/her
Punch's Pocket Book Archive has been selected for a substantial award from the @agencerecherche.bsky.social! This will allow us to create two jobs, and bring the project to completion in 2030. With thanks to @rs4vp.org, @l19cmanmet.bsky.social and all members of the project, past and present.
Working on manuscripts comes with wonderful suprises. These dried flowers are likely to have been picked and pressed by Isabella Bremner during her voyage to India, in 1853. #PunchsPocketBookArchiveProject
We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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So grateful to #RSVP2026 for these three wonderful days at Trinity College! It was a privilege to attend these amazing panels and plenaries.
In today's mail, this wonderful edition of William B. Osgood Field's "John Leech on my Shelves," a catalogue raisonné of Field's extensive collection of original drawings, illustrated books, etchings and wood blocks, today kept at the Houghton Library, @harvard.edu
Wishing you all a happy, exciting, and creative new year!
It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900. Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Make a Bond film academic Student Loans are Forever.
Dr Andrew McInnes@drbeard79.bsky.social · 7mo agoMake a Bond film academic The Spy Who Accepted Me with Minor Revisions
With thanks to @rs4vp.org for generously supporting the first steps of this project through the Patrick Leary Field Development Grant.
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 8mo agoHappy Friday! Some light reading to enliven your weekend: a retrospective on the "Pictorial Punch: Treasures from the Archive" study day by our friends @punchspocketbook.bsky.social in November. Several candid photos from the day included! Thanks for #SharingYourNews! rs4vp.org/pictorial-pu...
The Tammany Scrapbooks in display at the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures. A thought for the late Brian Maidment, whose illuminating writings on the subject helped me understand and enjoy nineteenth-century scrapbooks.
Back in Cambridge, with fantastic memories of that NYC Thanksgiving weekend. Within the space of 3 days, I saw more treasures than that cartoon pirate hoarded, at the top of one of the Parade's floats. I also walked like a marathon and am aching in muscles I did not know existed. Roll on, Xmas!
Punch's Pocket Book entry of the day: 'Nothing particular - Oyster dinner.' That may well be the title of my next paper. Fantastic day at the Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis University.
The great news of the day is that the New York Public Library holds W. M. Thackeray's very own Punch's Pocket Book for 1856, with ms. annotations about 'the fat of the land, claret in plenty & smoking too much.' What's not to like? Made an appointment to consult the resource next week.
At Nottingham University, students and academics have just been informed of the possible closure of the Departement of Modern Languages. I signed this petition.
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Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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Seen today. Fascinating connections between social and political struggles, past and present. Great exhibition.
Irish Boston@irishboston.bsky.social · 9mo agoBoston Public Library Opens REVOLUTION! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston irishboston.org/2025/boston-... @bpl.boston.gov @bplmaps.bsky.social @bplpsa.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com @archives.boston.gov
Triumph of Religion, John Singer Sargent's extraordinary murals at @bpl.boston.gov Boston Public Library. Madame X nowhere to be seen.
Many thanks to our wonderful speakers and audience, last Friday at the British Library, for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" event. Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!
What a surprise to find a collection of Punches, today, on the shelves of the beautiful Kenwood House!
The V&A East Storehouse is a sort of IKEArt: you just wander between racks full of furniture, tableware and decoration until you are caught by surprise by a giant cello or a 16th century Spanish ceiling (set up without an Allen key). Extraordinary.
Today's treat was a private 'sneak peek' of the British Library’s forthcoming special display commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Erudite and enlightening presentation by the BL curators. Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.
...has been treated to a wonderful private view of Sambourne House/Leighton House collections and archives: drawers full of uncatalogued letters, pull-out sliding racks replete with sketches, pictures, and diaries, stimulating conversations with experts. I feel so lucky.
Sean Penn. C'était ma critique de Une bataille après l'autre. #OneBattleAfterAnother #PTA
NEW ISSUE ALERT! It's a happy day when you find the latest VPR in your mailbox. This number includes the 2024 VanArsdel and Expanding the Field essays as well as articles on asylum periodicals and the bookselling trade. Treat yourself to some delightful reading: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55567 @rs4vp.org
