Victorian Royalty

Victoria, born 1819 was Queen from 1837 until her death in 1901. The Victorian era was at the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of significant social, economic, and technological change across the Western World.

QUEEN VICTORIA EMPRESS OF INDIA

W hen Willam IV died in June 1837, the English crown passed to his niece Victoria, who was just 18 years old. When Victoria died in 1901, her reign had lasted 63 years, the longest in British History before or since. Victoria ( Alexandrina Victoria...

The Young Victoria

Learn about The Young Victoria movie in the Victorian era - victorian dresses, fashions, food, customs, parties, even Christmas. The movie focuses on the romantic courtship and her legendary marriage to Prince Albert. The film begins in 18...

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Victorian Railways and Trains

The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great Victorian Steam Trains and Victorian railways.

Iron Duke - the Great Western Railway steam engine

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Brunel's Great Western Railway

Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Great Western Railway was designed to be one of the fastest of its time. The railway was built on a wide gauge of 7 feet known as "broad gauge", designed to increase speed and passenger comfort, and it was jo...

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Victorian Bridges and Tunnels

The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great bridge and tunnel architectural and engineering feats of the Victorian period.

Severn Tunnel - The Great Western's longest railway tunnel

The Railway Tunnel under the Severn was built for the Great Western Railway. Already the constructors of the longest railway tunnel in the world, the Box Tunnel, they decided to create an even longer tunnel to link Wales with their rail network. Len...

Box tunnel - the Great Western Railway Tunnel

At the time it was built the Box Tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the world. Running between Bath and Swindon, through Box Hill, the tunnel was part of the Great Western Railway network built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Today it is still a v...

Thames Tunnel - Marc Brunel's Underwater tunnel

The first tunnel under a navigable river, the Thames tunnel was designed and built by Marc Isambard Brunel. His son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, acted as chief engineer.

Royal Albert Bridge - Brunel's greatest viaduct

The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash was one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's last engineering feats. Opened in 1859, he died the same year. Also called the Saltash Bridge or the Tamar bridge, the Royal Albert Railway Bridge is often seen as a monument to...

Victorian Ships

The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great ship building feats of the Victorian period.

SS Great Britain - Brunel's Iron Ship

THE SS Great Britain was the first all iron ocean-going ship and passenger liner. Built by engineering genius Isambard Kingom Brunel in 1843, she initially took passengers across the Atlantic. Powered by propellors, she performed on the Atlantic run...

The SS Great Eastern - Brunel's Great Ship

The SS Great Eastern was the last project of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Dogged throughout with problems, it was also the project that broke him. The last, largest, and shortest lived of Brunel's Great Ships, the SS Great Eastern was in service from 18...

Great Victorian Structures

The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great architectural and engineering feats of the Victorian period.

Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill, North London is impressive in its re-built Victorian vastness...the history of the Palace is no less impressive. Because it sits atop a hill, Alexandra Palace can be seen from various places in North London. It som...

Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs

The Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs were first built in 1854. Sculptures of extinct animals, they provide an insight into the early days of palentology, although they are now out of date. Designed by Richard Owen, the founder of the natural history mu...

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Famous People

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Henry Morton Stanley - 19th Century Explorer

Sir Henry Morton Stanley, (born January 28th, 1841 – died May 19th, 1904), also known as *Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) in Congo, was a 19th-century Welsh-born journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for the...

Dr. David Livingstone - Famed Scottish Missionary and Explorer

David Livingstone (born March 19th, 1813 – May 1st, 1873) was a Victorian era Scottish medical missionary and noted explorer of Africa.  He is most widely known for his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the pop...

Jerome K Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England on 2nd May 1859 to Jerome Clapp and Marguerite Jones. He is perhaps best known for his book 'Three Men in a Boat' a humourous account of three men, based on Jerome and two friends, travelling up the T...

All About the Charles Dickens Classic "A Christmas Carol"

Charles Dickens began writing his "Little Carol" in October, 1843 finishing it by the end of November in time to be published for Christmas with illustrations by John Leech. Feuding with his publishers, Dickens financed the publishing of th...

Wild About Wilde!

One of the most quoted people in history, Oscar Wilde is a favorite of mine! Novelist, poet, playwright and mighty clever fellow! Learn more about him and other great quotables here!

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Oscar Wilde on the Internet

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Alexander Graham Bell

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The Not So Famous

Read these lenses and gleam a little on the lives of Ordinary People throughout history and in the Victorian Era, and their personal achievements.

Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer

Ada Lovelace was a woman of high class in the early 1800s. Her work on Charles Babbage's mechanical machine, which was essentially an early computer, earned her the distinction of being the very first person to write programs for a computer.

The Not So Famous

Every family has its black sheep, and if you dig deeply enough its heroes (often forgotten heroes).  This lens is about those who through their own personal achievements have left their mark on society in some small way.  People like T...

Grace Darling - the heroine of Longford Light

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Grace and her father went down in history for their daring rescue of the survivors of SS Forfarshire in 1838. Wrecked on the rocks in a storm, the ship broke in half. Grace and her father rowed through the storm...

People

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A Vintage Fine Art Celebration of WOMAN in all her glory!

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Sir Joseph Bazalgette

The first and only chief engineer of the London Board of Works, Sir Joseph Bazalgette is chiefly remembered for his work on the London Sewers. This work had the effect of ending the London Cholera epidemics, but also had the unintended side effect o...

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Mysteries and Amazing Facts in History

There have always been mysteries in history and the Victorian era has its fare share. Browse these lenses to discover more.

The Crimes of Jack the Ripper

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Mysterious and Amazing History

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COFFIN WAR

He looked proud to be dead in his brand new, custom-made coffin. He was at peace and never would know what commotion his death and that coffin would cause over the next several weeks. Neither would I if I hadn't found this wonderful story in a Januar...

Art and Literature

Love good literature/Art? Then why not visit these lenses from people with a passion for the arts. Good lenses by Authors with a passion for writing, and their love for the Victorian era; and Artists who lived and worked in the Victorian era.

Anne Whitfield Author

I live in the beautiful Southern Highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. I'm married with three children and I write historical fiction and contemporary novels and short stories. The areas I have set my books include bo...

The Poker Dogs of C.M. Coolidge

C assius Marcellus Coolidge, born 1844 in upstate New York to Quaker parents, is the artist responsible for the famous paintings of poker playing dogs. He was a brilliant man with innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial instinct about art. He tried m...

RECYCLED NEWS - San Antonio - 1881

Who needs tabloids when you can read my collection of news from the 1881 issues of the San Antonio Light newspaper! The first issue of the Light hit the stands in January 1881. While San Antonian's might be the most likely to find my Recycled News l...

Fiction

The 19th century saw the novel become the leading form of literature in English, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Jules Verne (1828-1905) are just two of many famous authors. The lens featured here has an interesting Victorian twist.

STEAMPUNK SPECULATIVE FICTION

I love the steampunk genra of speculative fiction.It is my favorite besides cyberpunk. The victorian settings,incredible steam powered machines and contraptions can really stir the imagination.This lense will introduce you to this world in film,books...

Sherlock Holmes

Whether for back-to-school, birthday, Christmas, or the opening of the new Robert Downey, jr Sherlock flick, these goodies from Atomic Kommie Comics make the perfect gifts for your favorite Sherlockian, Baker Street Irregular or Holmesian! Most are EX...

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

What do you KNOW about Sweeney Todd? What do you THINK you know about Sweeney Todd? Are you sure? Read on... 

Cuisine

The Victorian's may not have invented food but they certainly enjoyed it, sometimes putting their own interpretation on old recipes that have been past down from generation to generation.

Recipes from Grandma

My Recipes from Grandma recipe blog contains many of the old recipes I have collected over the last 40 years - some from my grandmother, some from my mother-in-law, some from estate sales, some from friends, and some from magazines and newspapers. An...

Culinary Herbs

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Wedding Cakes

A lens helping people find wedding cake resources.  This lens is intended to be a comprehensive source for the category of wedding cakes.  Anything and everything about weddings and wedding cakes will eventually be added. I intend to provid...

Culture

Victorian Culture was rich and varied, visit these lenses and learn some more about that culture.

Victorian House Plans - Let's Remodel This Old House

  Renovate, remodel and repair your Victorian house.  Find articles, house plans, photos and advertisements to help with your home remodeling project for your Victorian home.

Pre-Raphaelite Art: Legends, Lore, and Ladies

THE LEGENDS - of King Arthur and the knights, of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ophelia, of fairies, nymphs and magical beings. THE LORE - of Zeus and Apollo, Venus and Aphrodite, of all the richness of Greek mythology, from the heights of Mt. Olympus to...

How to Bring Your History-Based Daydreams to Life! (Reenacting Arts Event Planning)

From start to finish, this lens offers a how-to planning guide for creating history-based group activities, for fun or for profit. Do you have a favorite era in history that you daydream about every so often?  Wouldn’t it just plain be fun...

The Victorian West: Books, Gifts & Information

Sherry Monahan delves into the history of the Victorian Wild West. Sherry Monahan has been researching and writing about the Victorian West since 1995. Visit her websites to learn how the Victorians adapted to the western frontier. You...

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Fashion

Fashion blossomed in the Victorian period. Browse these lenses to share in that fashion.

The Vintage Scarf

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THE TRENDS OF 19C JEWELLERY

This lens will look at the different trends & styles of Victorian Jewellery. From the begining of the 19c and the Victorians "new found wealth" and the jewellery worn by high societies "fashionista". Then to the middle of the century and the neo-Ren...

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Vintage Fashion Guild

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Research Vintage Clothing, Dating, Vintage Clothing Care, Fashion History, Fabric Identification & Resources

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Genealogy

Invariably, the wealth of family research is in the Victorian Era. The lens featured here gives an insight into that period.

A Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by George Burgess (1829-1905)

George Burgess who visited America three times not only compiled his own scrapbook but he also wrote his own diary, poems, his religious thoughts and at least two books on Phrenology. In his diary he wrote about his life and his family; his children,...

My Family Tree, Twigs and All

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Familypedia is great for genealogy

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Peize (Drenthe) on a wiki

Residents of Peize (near Groningen) have created 2,100 wiki articles about the people who have lived in their town since about 1660. Anyone who has found that relatives lived in or near Peize should search the free website. (Image is a GFDL version...

The World of Genealogy Research

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Innovations

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American Recorders, Visionaries & Artists: Currier and Ives

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U.S. Patent Reproductions

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Vintage Victorian

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Vintage and Victorian Homemaking

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Victorian Pitchers

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Vintage Postcard Passion: Collector Topics

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Vintage Clothing - The Length of the Skirt

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Memorabilia

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Victorian Trade Cards

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Penny Black 1840

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Handmade Victorian Cards

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Holiday Shopping with Victoria's Curio exclusively on Ruby Lane

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Victorian to Collectible Costume Jewelry and more.

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Collectables

'All Kinds of Everything', Collectables about the Victorian era, including the Victorian era and/or produced during the Victorian period.

John Player & Sons - Theatre Series of Cigarette Cards

I wanted to share pictures of the Cigarette Cards as I think they're a lovely bit of Theatrical History and are of interest to other people. The cards were issued by John Player and Sons in 1916. You can normally find sets for sale on eBay.co.uk and...

Politics

The Victorian era marks the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire and the beginnings of modern democracy as we know it today.

The Chartists - C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote'

C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote', in Britain. It was only in 1929 that women, in Britain, were granted the right to vote on the same basis as men. In the early C19th the majority of population irrespective of their sex did not have a...

Josephine Butler

Josephine Butler and her Role in the Campaign for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869. In the late 1860s there was a public outcry over the Contagious Diseases Acts. Foremost amongst those calling for the repeal of these...

Traditions

Many Traditions stem back far beyond the Victorian era were adopted, embraced and often enhanced by the Victorians in their image. And some of the more recent traditions, like Father's Day, were conceived by people born during the Victorian Era.

All about Tear Bottles

A Lacrymatory is a tear drop bottle. These small terra-cotta or glass bottles for tears are a type of bottle found in ancient tombs. Tear bottles are also called unguentaria, unguentarium, tear catcher, and tear vial. Perhaps, in the past, they conta...

DEAR DAD JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SAY

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Wedding Traditions & Customs - Plus Historical Wedding Fashions - 1850 -1950

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Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day

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Victorian Life and Values

On Nathanville you can learn about Phrenology; read Mother's Last Words by Mary Sewell, or browse the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess and learn more about Victorian values and views.

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A Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess 1839-1905

Below is one of over 500 articles from the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess, which will be changed monthly. So bookmark this page and come back.

THE MODEL BABY

It is the image of its father, unless it is the very picture of its mother. It is the best-tempered little thing in the world, never crying but in the middle of the night, or screaming but when it is being washed. It is astonishing how quiet it is whilst feeding. It understands everything, and proves its love for learning by tearing the leaves out of every book, and grasping with both hands at the engravings. It is the cleverest child that was ever born, and says "papa," or something very like it, when scarcely a month old. It takes early to pulling whiskers, preferring those of strangers. It has only one complaint, and that is the wind; but it is frequently troubled with it. It is the most wonderful child that was ever seen, and would swallow both its tiny fists if it was not for a habit of choking. It dislikes leaving home, rarely stopping on a visit longer than a day. It has a strange hostility for its nurse's cap and nose, which it will clutch and hold with savage tenacity if in the least offended. It is never happy but in its mother's arms, especially if it is being nursed by a gentleman. It prefers the floor to the cradle, which it never stops in longer than it can help. It is very playful, delighting in pulling the table-cloth off, or knocking the china ornaments off the mantelpiece, or upsetting its food on somebody's lap. It invents a new language of its own almost before it can speak, which is perfectly intelligible to its parents, but Greek to every one else. It is not fond of public entertainments, invariably crying before it has been at one five minutes. It dislikes treachery in any shape, and repels the spoonful of sugar if it fancies there is a powder of the bottom of it. Medicine is its greatest horror, next to cold water. It has no particular love for dress, generally tearing to pieces any handsome piece of finery, lace especially, as soon as it is put on. It inquires deeply into everything, and is very penetrating in the construction of a drum, the economy of a work-box, or the anatomy of a doll, which it likes all the better without any head or arms. It has an intuitive hatred of a doctor, and fights with its legs and hands and first teeth against his endearments. It has a most extraordinary taste for colours, imbibing them greedily in every shape, more especially from the wooden tenants of Noah's Ark, which are to be found in mouth of every baby. In fact, there never was a child like it, and the Model Baby proves this by surviving the thousands-and-one experiments of rival grannies and mothers-in-law, and outliving, to the athletic age of kilts and bare legs, the villainous compounds of Godfrey and Dalby, and the whole poison-chest of Elixirs, Carminatives, and Cordials, which babies are physically heirs to.

Mother's Last Words

Mary Sewell, the mother of Anna Sewell (the author of `Black Beauty') was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and lived at the Blue Lodge, Wick from 1858 to 1864. She had a great love of poetry and wrote `Mother's Last Words' (which sold millions of copies throughout the world) while living at Wick, near Bristol.

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Pre Victorian, people and events that may have influenced or impacted on Victorian Society.

Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780

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Anyone else you wish to mention who impacted on Victorian society (1837-1901)?

For example although William Wilberforce (1759-1833) died just four years before the start of the Victorian Era his campaign against the slave trade had a very profound sociological and humanitarian effect on it.

William Wilberforce a British politician, philanthropist, abolitionist and leader of the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade was the driving force behind the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade and the eventual abolition of slavery itself throughout the British Empire of the time. The Slave Trade Act received royal assent in 1807 and in 1833 the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act to give all slaves in the British Empire their freedom. Sadly slavery continued to exist for a few decades, notably in the Southern States of America, although the message of Wilberforce must undoubtedly have rung down those decades and assisted the abolition movements in other countries. And in fact slavery has never been totally eradicated from the world and is still a feature of many societies even today.

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