Crazy Facts You Might Not Know About the Victorians

In 1839 Queen Victoria took the throne and ushered in the Victorian era that bears her name. Under her rule, the British Empire became one of the most powerful empires the world had ever seen...
Her subjects, particularly amongst the wealthier members of society, tended to attribute this success to what they saw as their natural superiority and eminent good sense.
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_coronation_2.jpg
https://www.wallpaperflare.com/letter-with-woman-print-paper-vintage-lady-victorian-victorian-lady-wallpaper-ukbbs
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/14757609483
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Morris_age_53.jpg
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/how-william-morris-betrayed-his-socialist-ideals-with-his-wallpaper-108527.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37654373
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Q02RiPUFk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sydenham_studio.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_palace_iguanodon.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_%22Crystal_Palace%22_from_the_Great_Exhibition,_installed_at_Wellcome_V0013783.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3CyLz7sR4
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https://natsca.blog/2014/09/10/charles-jamrach-exotic-animal-collector/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jamrach_in_Ratcliff_Highway.png
http://the-east-end.co.uk/charles-jamrach/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Edelfelt_-_Louis_Pasteur_-_1885.jpg
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25259505
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V07_D465_The_pyrophone_or_gas_organ.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Pyrophon-Kastner.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrophone.JPG
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Th%C3%A9odore_Lack_001.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQjsOZ-1Hoc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L.A._Ring_-_At_the_French_Windows._The_Artist%27s_Wife_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Victorian-Workhouse/
http://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2013/11/baby-farming.html

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