Pirate flags & wedding gowns: a patchwork of a Victorian life
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What Happened to Anne in the 19th Century?
Anne would have been right at the heart of this period where toxicity in a lot of these fabrics was commonplace. So Shields Green, for example, which is the Arsenical based die that created this very, very bright green, did poison often the makers. Things like mercury, which was used in the Hating Industry, the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, and mercury poisoning was something that affected workers in that industry. You do read all sorts of really awful stories about how that kind of toxic industry was just a part of so many aspects of dress and textiles. And what happened to Anne later in life?
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