RAINBOWGOBLIN

unclassified information/inspiration from an occultist cake slut and booze buzzard

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Southwark's licensed brothels, or stews, were an ideal breeding ground for the Black Death, bubonic plague, which hit London in 1348.

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https://manyheadedmonster.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/alehouse-characters-4-the-good-fellowette/

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The oldest surviving dress in the world

http://www.hexapolis.com/2016/02/20/the-oldest-surviving-dress-was-made-some-5000-years-ago-in-egypt/

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Resource for 17th century interiors

http://www.kjarrett.com/livinginthepast/tag/brickwork/

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http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/09/dr-margaret-clegg-keeper-of-human-remains/

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http://agraphiablog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/paper-theaters.html

http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2009/07/23/the-miniature-theaters-of-martin-engelbrecht/

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Interior of a 17th Century doll house 

Illustration from Histoire des jouets (1902)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_a_17th_century_doll_house.jpg

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Greenwich

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http://innerlivesblog.com/2016/03/14/bottle-magic-at-the-museum-of-london/

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George Cruikshank (1838)

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/13/cruikshanks-london-almanack-1838/

http://pastinthepresent.net/2014/03/12/how-londoners-partied-when-the-thames-frosted-over/

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Albrecht Dürer, The Men's Bath (1496)

http://www.albrechtdurerblog.com/sex-in-the-nuremberg-bathhouse/

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/13/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-take-baths/

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Things found in walls. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/advice/propertymarket/3302771/What-lurks-behind-your-walls.html

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Inspiration for 17th century costuming:

Bartholomeus Van Der Holst, Young Couple (1660s)

Some modern versions of 1660s fashion

http://thedreamstress.com/costume-portfolio/portfolio-a-1660s-dress-for-ninon-de-l’enclos/

http://augustintytar.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/1660's%20dess

Use of denim in the 17th century... Blue jean baby:

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/karlins/master-of-blue-jeans1-25-11.asp

The ever helpful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1650–1700_in_Western_European_fashion

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Charles Samuel Keene, Scene of the Plague of London (published 1862)

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/keene-scene-of-the-plague-of-london-n04373

INTERACTIVE PLAGUE PIT MAP BELOW! WHAT FUN! 

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/LondonPlaguePits/