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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. An age characterized by rapid scientific and technological advance like the steamship and the telegraph; and the rice of refined sensibilities and prosperity.
'''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 characterized by rapid scientific and technological advance like the steamship and the telegraph; and the rice of population, refined sensibilities and prosperity.
Victorian painters include [[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]], [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], [[James Whistler|James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman.
Victorian painters include [[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]], [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], [[James Whistler|James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman.
*[http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/misc/vwintro.html What is the Victorian Web?]
*[http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/misc/vwintro.html What is the Victorian Web?]
[[File:Palace of Westminster, Neo Gothic, 1870.jpg|thumb|left|Palace of Westminster, 1840–1870.]]
[[File:Palace of Westminster, Neo Gothic, 1870.jpg|thumb|left|Palace of Westminster by Charles Barry, 1840–1870.]]
[[File:Byron Statue, Hyde Park, London, 1881.jpg|thumb|center|Byron Statue, Hyde Park, London, 1881 by Richard C. Belt.]]
[[File:Byron Statue, Hyde Park, London, 1881.jpg|thumb|center|Byron Statue, Hyde Park, London, by Richard C. Belt, 1881.]]
[[Category: British History]]
[[Category: British History]]