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The Victorian era takes its name from Queen Victoria, who ruled between 1837-1901. There were nine British prime ministers during the Victorian era. The Victorians are popularised by famed author Charles Dickens; the technological and social change caused by the industrial revolution; serial killer Jack the Ripper; and the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Find out everything you need to know about the Victorians here…

A 15th-century miniature from 'La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre'. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.

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A waitress working behind the counter at the first ever Lyons tea shop to be opened in London, 1953

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Hallie Rubenhold photographed in London. "In the 19th century, being both poor and a woman was a terrible combination. The cards were stacked against them," she says. (Photography by Fran Monks)

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Charles I's great weakness was that he made a strict distinction between his role as king, in which he could not compromise, and his personal role, which was entirely pleasant and courteous, says Sean Lang. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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Turkeys, bred in Norfolk, cover the facade of a London butcher's shop, 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Actress Sarah Bernhardt, who was personally invited by Oscar Wilde to play the title role in the upcoming London premiere of his play, 'Salomé'.

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One of many historic sites in Luxembourg. Larochette's castle dominates the town below.

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A c1860 depiction of Wentworth Works steel manufacturer in Sheffield

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A contemporary portrait of scientist Ada Lovelace

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A fruit and vegetable market, painted by Joachim Beuckelaer.

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Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)

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Gin Lane, a print issued in 1751 by painter and printmaker William Hogarth. It depicts the perceived evils of the consumption of gin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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A cartoon from 1862 shows a pair 'garroters' attacking a victim. (Photo by The Cartoon Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Black and white portrait image of Cardinal John Henry Newman.

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William Dalrymple is an award-winning writer and historian based in India. (Photo by Bikramjt Bose)

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The package holiday revolution

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn in a tutu

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A portrait of Queen Victoria and her family

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Archduchess Ileana’s great grandmother, Queen Victoria, whose birth certificate Ileana desperately needed to get hold of (Getty) 

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A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

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Engraving depicting Chinese opium smokers in a saloon

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The siege of Sevastopol

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Bottles of snake oil

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Portrait of Prince Albert

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An 18th-century public execution and crowd

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Four soliders of the 36th Sikhs, various ranks, 1896. The regiment was led in January 1897 to occupy the Samana posts, says Captain Jay Singh-Sohal. (Reproduced with permission from australiansikhheritage.com)

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