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[[File:Sir Francis Grant's Portrait of Queen Victoria.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Francis Grant]]'s Portrait of Queen Victoria, 1843.]]

[[File:Sir Francis Grant's Portrait of Queen Victoria.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Francis Grant]]'s Portrait of Queen Victoria, 1843.]]

'''The Victorian era''' was the period in [[Great Britain]] under the long-lived [[Queen Victoria]] who reigned from 1837 to 1901. The term is also used to describe later nineteenth century western society in general with its strong moral standards and sharply defined gender roles.  

'''The Victorian era''' was the period in [[Great Britain]] under the long-lived [[Queen Victoria]] who reigned from 1837 to 1901. The term is also used to describe later nineteenth century western society in general with its strong moral standards and sharply defined gender roles. An age characterised by rapid scientific advance.

Victorian painters include [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman.

Victorian painters include [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman.