The Victorian Era

1
The Victorian Era

• Noemi Navarrete
• Lt 130
• Spring 2006

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Queen Victoria

• The Queen is born on May 24,1819.
• To Prince Edward Duke of Kent and German princess
  Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg
• Born in Kensington Palace
• The Queen is christened Princess Alexandrina
  Victoria.
• Ascended the throne on June 20, 1837 at the age
  of 18.

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The Beginning of an Era

• The Queen marries her first cousin Prince Albert
  of Saxe-Coburg Gotha on February 10, 1840.
• They had nine children, and most married into
  German Royalty.
• Prince Albert dies on December 14,1861 the queen
  will forever mourn his death.
• The Queen withdraws herself from public life.
• The Royal family had become the model for the
  whole country.

4
The Fashion

• Weddings
• Queen Victoria was the first to establish the
  trend of wearing a white wedding gown.
• The use of a black top hat was a necessity for a
  gentleman.
• At this time men and women were becoming more
  interested in sports.
• Special Wardrobes were designed for bicycling,
  tennis, water sports, horse back riding.

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The Architecture

• The Victorian Architecture lasted from 1825- 1900
• It was made up of four different styles
• Italianate
• Second Empire
• Stick-Eastlake
• Queen Anne
• Osborne House
• Prince Albert designed it to accommodate the
  whole family.

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The Arts

• The Great Exhibition
• It was opened on May 1, 1851
• The crystal Palace was designed by Sir Joseph
  Paxton in 10 days, and was constructed in 9
  months.
• There were over 13,000 exhibitions.
• It was constructed on Hyde Park in London

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Interior Decorating

• The changes in decorating changed many times
  during this era.
• High Victorian Style
• Rooms were crammed with furniture, art, fabric,
  and rugs.
• People thought that bare looking rooms were not
  fashionable.
• Aesthetic Movement
• Elizabethan, Classical Greek and traditional
  Georgian styles inspired how furniture was made.
• Rooms were more subtle
• Art Nouveau
• Japonisme
• Arts and Crafts
• Celtic Revival
• Liberty Style
• Art Deco
• Wallpaper
• During the mid-Victorian era floral patterns were
  popular.

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The End of the Victorian Era

• Queen Victoria dies on January 22, 1901 at the
  age of 81.
• The Queen reigned for 63 years, seven months, and
  two days.
• The Queen was the last Royal from the House of
  Hanover.
• The Queen eldest son Prince Albert Edward VII
  then becomes king.
• He belonged to the House of Wettin

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Websites

• http//www.pbs.org/
• http//www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
• http//www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhib
  itions/
• http//www3.tltc.ttu.edu/davis/
• http//www.victorianstation.com/home2.html
• http//www.victorianweb.org/