Growing Up

Eighteenth-Century Style

The Dunce Disgrace by T.Stothard

You have just been transported back into the Eighteenth-Century. Here, you will explore different aspects of Eighteenth-Century British childhood. Widely seen as a tiresome stage, childhood during this era is quite different from how it will be in the Twenty-First Century. Childhood is not even distinguished as a separate stage. Children are simply seen as miniature adults. Thus, to understand how childhood differs, we looked into the future to see what will be most central in a child�s world in the Twenty-First Century and decided to explore those same aspects of childhood, here, in the Eighteenth. When you click each child�s picture below, you will be transported into his or her own distinct world. You�ll hear how each is educated, and their family lives, and how they play. You�ll also see that every aspect of a child�s life is largely determinant on class and gender. So click on each picture to meet our subjects and see what it is like to grow up Eighteenth-Century Style.

       George Moneybags IV     Titania Blueblood     Tim Oliver      Pamela Pinch

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