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Journals:

education in england at end of 19th century

Above are what journals for students would look like for the period of the show.

Pencils:
Here’s some info that may be of interest:
http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2014/05/evolution-of-the-pencil/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21567/history-of-the-pencil/

Round leads did not become the norm until the mid 1870s. Modern pencil leads 
are boiled in wax, so that it coats every bit of graphite with this lubricant. The 
result is smoother writing and – often – less smearing. We even have pencils 
today which use something other than clay as a binder, such as extruded 
plastic pencils (Empire in the 1980s, the new Staedtler Wopex).
Easter Red Cedar was used in pencils until the early 20th century  
 
-NO ERASERS ON THE PENCILS!!!!  
 
  
(​http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2014/05/evolution-of-the-pencil/​ )  

 
(​http://www.dataipencil.com/product/products-bulk-wooden-pencil.html​)  
 

Knitting:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/british-knitting-traditions
http://knitting-needle-notions.com.au/history-of-knitting-and-the-knitting-needle/
Upperclass would have metal, rubber and wood are okay for everyone else
Coal Scuttle:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/110338259591060913/?nic=1
https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-fireplaces-and-fireplace-accessories/coal-scuttles-buckets/british-1
9th-century

Paper Money

(​A history of the British banknote - Telegraph​)

(​Early 19th Century British Pound Banknotes At Auction​)

QUEEN IS NOT ON THE CURRENCY AT THIS TIME!!!!!

(​https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/noteworthy-women/the-queen-on-bank-of-england-notes​)

Paper in late 19th Century England:

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&context=charleston
Remarkably, manila and straw paper continued for the time being. Many paper mills had
both moving-wire and cylinder-wire machines, making newsprint on the high-speed equipment,
and wrapping paper on the other. Straw was used in season, switching to manila when stocks
became scarce. Manila paper was highly valued for its high strength and durability, and became
used in innovative new ways for such products as tissue paper, collars, paper plates, and boxes.
Manila was also highly adaptable for use with aniline inks, used to make colored and glazed
papers for writing, lithograph, and wrapping paper.

Sizes are usually quoted in inches in this survey, with the equivalent in
centimetres given where most useful, as well as in the table (fig.3). To have
used the metric system throughout would have obscured the very subject of
this study. For example, in a technical article on Joseph Wright of Derby’s ​Mr
and Mrs Coltman​ (National Gallery), the picture was described as measuring
1.270 x 1.016 metres, [​52​] figures which are apparently accurate to the
nearest millimetre yet obscure the fact that these measurements conform
exactly to the standard canvas size of 50 x 40 ins.

Further information regarding the size of notebooks can be found at the below
link.
(​https://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/artists-their-materials-and-sup
pliers/three-quarters-kit-cats-and-half-lengths-british-portrait-painters-and-their
-canvas-sizes-1625-1850/1.-introduction​)