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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.  
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Victorian painters include [[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]], [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], [http://www.frederic-leighton.org/ Lord Leighton], [[James Whistler|James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], The [[Pre-Raphaelite]] artists included [[William Holman Hunt]] (founded the group in 1848), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), and Edward Burne-Jones, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema ]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman. The ''Victoria and Albert Museum'' (UK) is one of the best [[museum]]s in the world for learning about the Victorians. Unfortunately, there is a lack of any significant collections of Victorian paintings in the United States.  
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Victorian painters include [[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]], [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], [http://www.frederic-leighton.org/ Lord Leighton], [[James Whistler|James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], The [[Pre-Raphaelites]] artists included [[William Holman Hunt]] (founded the group in 1848), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), and Edward Burne-Jones, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema ]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman. The ''Victoria and Albert Museum'' (UK) is one of the best [[museum]]s in the world for learning about the Victorians. Unfortunately, there is a lack of any significant collections of Victorian paintings in the United States.  
 
   
 
   
  

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