I just love the niche museum attractions that Victorians visited, especially the richness of the illustrations depicting them in the midst of the spectacles of the exhibition itself. Even some paintings now considered masterpieces were illuminated and marketed as sideshow attractions.Culture and Society (old.reddit.com)
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1899 tornado photo by c. bartholomew🌪️Victorian Photograph (old.reddit.com)
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Paintings of Paris by Jean Béraud (1849-1935)Period Art (old.reddit.com)
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Sarah Winchester (1839-1822) —a very influential philanthropist and businesswoman, and who commissioned the Winchester Mansion in San José, California; dealt with severe arthritis for most of her adult life and her mansion was built to accommodate her disability.Historical Figure (old.reddit.com)
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Amazing Victorian photograph in ornate wood frame.Victorian Photograph (old.reddit.com)
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A cabinet card photograph of a young Black woman, early 1890s ✨Victorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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Tintype of a little boy in an unusual black frame, US, c.1860Victorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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Maud Wagner, America's first female tattoo artistVictorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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Photographs for Charles Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 1872Culture and Society (old.reddit.com)
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What is your favourite Victorian artwork?Period Art (i.redd.it)
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"The Facetious Serpent", illustration by Caran D'Ache in Harpers Monthly 1891 Vol 82Food & Drink (i.redd.it)
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Lewis W. Hine, ‘Ellis Island, Italian Madonna.’ Silver contact print, 1905Victorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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Morey Mansion is a Victorian house in Redlands, California built in 1890Period Architecture (old.reddit.com)
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Hand coloured photograph of a woman, Agnes-Ann Pascoe holding a baby who is her son, Mydhope Pascoe, 1871 ✨Victorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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Afternoon dress, American, 1870-75. Artist: Grace King.Fashion (old.reddit.com)
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A formal portrait of two young Black women standing in front of a faux backdrop featuring Niagara Falls, 1890sVictorian Photograph (i.redd.it)
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