Art of the Victorian Era. Samples of Victorian Era Art Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 The Finding of Don Juan by Haidee, 1878 William Holman Hunt, 1827-1910 The Awakening Conscience, 1853 The Lady of Shalott, 1889-92.
Victorian Artists. Victorian Era Paintings. Paintings, Drawings & Stained Glass: The William Morris Society U.S. Information on the Victorian Period & Literature. The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death).
As a matter of expediency, these dates are sometimes modified slightly. 1830 is usually considered the end of the Romantic period in Britain, and thus makes a convenient starting date for Victorianism. Similarly, since Queen Victoria’s death occurred so soon in the beginning of a new century, the end of the previous century provides a useful closing date for the period. The common perception of the period is the Victorians are “prudish, hypocritical, stuffy, [and] narrow-minded” (Murfin 496). This perception is (as most periodic generalizations are) not universally accurate, and it is thus a grievous error to jump to the conclusion that a writer or artist fits that description merely because he or she wrote during the mid to late 19th century.