Theres something deeply satisfying about hearing a voice from decades and even centuries past.
The video opens with a speech byColonel George Gouraudfor dinner guests on October 5th, 1888, in London.
Gouraud, the son of French engineer Francois Gouraud, strived to introduce Edisons phonograph to Britain.
Thomas Edison and his early phonograph, ca. 1877 (Photo: Library of Congress, viaWikimedia Commons).
Gouraud, however, wasnt the only recordist active during the Victorian era.
It also rewards our innate impulse to forge human connections that stretch across time and place.
To hear the Victorians speak for yourself, visit theKings and Things channelon YouTube.
Queen Victoria by Bassano, 1882. Glass copy negative, half-plate (Photo: Scanned from “The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England” by David Williamson, p. 153, viaWikimedia Commons).
Thomas Edison and his early phonograph, ca.
1877 (Photo: Library of Congress, viaWikimedia Commons).
Queen Victoria by Bassano, 1882.
Photograph of Florence Nightingale by Henry Hering, ca. 1860 (Photo: National Portrait Gallery, London, viaWikimedia Commons).
Photograph of Florence Nightingale by Henry Hering, ca.
1860 (Photo: National Portrait Gallery, London, viaWikimedia Commons).
Woodburytype portrait of poet Robert Browning by Herbert Rose Barraud, ca.
Woodburytype portrait of poet Robert Browning by Herbert Rose Barraud, ca. 1888 (Photo: Bonhams, viaWikimedia Commons).
1888 (Photo: Bonhams, viaWikimedia Commons).
