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The category is for women of significance in the Victorian era of British history, from 1837–1901. It is a subcategry of People of the Victorian era, and should only contain women active in Britain or in the British Empire .
The iconic wide-brimmed women's hats of the later Victorian era also followed the trend towards ostentatious display. Hats began the Victorian era as simple bonnets. By the 1880s, milliners were tested by the competition among women to top their outfits with the most creative (and extravagant) hats, designed with expensive materials such as ...
Males. John; William; James; Charles; George; Frank; Joseph; Thomas; Henry; Robert; Edward; Harry; Walter; Arthur; Fred; Albert; Samuel; David; Louis; Joe; Charlie ...
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Women of the Victorian era (9 C, 280 P) W. Women ennobled by William IV (1 C) Women of the Regency era (1 C, 63 P) 19th-century British women writers (6 C, 243 P)
The silhouette changed once again as the Victorian era drew to a close. The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles [11] (the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era). The enormous wide-brimmed ...
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by its creator, Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891 The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. [1]
Children – her own children, those of relatives, and young locals – were often models for Cameron. Children were popular subjects in the Victorian era and Cameron kept with the prevailing notion of them as innocent, kind, and noble. She regularly depicted them as angels or as children from Bible stories. [8]: 373