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A History of the World in 100 Objects Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) Episodes

    Suffragette-defaced penny

    5/5 Neil MacGregor with a penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women".

    Sudanese slit drum

    4/5 Neil MacGregor with a wooden drum from Sudan that Kitchener presented to Queen Victoria.

    Hokusai's The Great Wave

    3/5 Neil MacGregor with a familiar image - Hokusai's The Great Wave.

    Early Victorian tea set

    2/5 Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set.

    Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

    1/5 Neil MacGregor with a chronometer that accompanied Darwin to South America.