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Category: material culture

Material culture is essentially the solid ‘things’ that Chartism left behind: objects created by and about Chartism, such as medallions and membership cards; objects known to have been associated with Chartists; and the documents that record the people and events involved in the movement.

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The People’s Charter in red, blue and gold

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Great Northern Union members’ medal, 1838

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Engraving to commemorate the 1842 petition

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Chartist blacking: exclusive dealing in the cause of waterproof boots

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Chartist beverages and breakfast powders

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The O’Connor tartan and Scotland’s radical weavers

  • insurrection and monster meetings
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Cartoons depicting magistrates and cavalrymen on 10 April 1848

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A portrait of Peter Murray McDouall

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A Chartist broadside ballad

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Funeral notice for William Lovett

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