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This blog is a collection or archive of my thoughts and progress on my PhD. My research looks at animals as objects in eighteenth-century Britain. I hope this blog helps me keep track of my thoughts and records my descent into insanity as I write-up my thesis this year.

I have become interested in animal rights and veganism so my thoughts on these will appear from time to time. Recipes too, well only those that don't contain tofu or seitan.

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This is a token from my collection produced for Pidcock’s Menagerie in 1797. It is about the size of a small 5pence piece. Used as a form of currency during a time of specie shortage it was circulated as a form of payment for small goods. The bearer of the token would take it back to the menagerie to have it changed into Royal Mint coins. I think this small token is a poignant symbol of the commodification of animals in late eighteenth-century Britain.

This is a token from my collection produced for Pidcock’s Menagerie in 1797. It is about the size of a small 5pence piece. Used as a form of currency during a time of specie shortage it was circulated as a form of payment for small goods. The bearer of the token would take it back to the menagerie to have it changed into Royal Mint coins. I think this small token is a poignant symbol of the commodification of animals in late eighteenth-century Britain.