Victorian (1837 – 1901)
Explore objects, stories and blogs illuminating an era defined by the 63-year monarchy of Queen Victoria.
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Art & Design
Art & Design
Why are these Victorian Christmas cards so weird?
Musical cats. Violent clowns. Friendly flies. Greetings cards looked a little different in the 1800s
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The punishing past of London’s prisons
A list of the most notorious and historic prisons in the city
From our experts
From our experts
Sherlock Holmes’ London: The city behind the stories
221B Baker Street is fictional, but Sherlock Holmes’ London was very real
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
N. Front to St. James's Palace from Cleveland Row (lithograph)
Boys, Thomas Shotter
1842
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Skelt's Scenes in the Miller and his Men (scenery sheet)
Skelt, Martin and Matthew
1837-1840