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Victorian Women in Art and Society: An Era of Progress and Repression

Explore the portrayal of women in Victorian England through art and society, showcasing the struggle for women's rights. Discover how female artists and activists challenged societal norms during Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901.

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Victorian Women in Art and Society: An Era of Progress and Repression

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  1. Victorian England Queen Victoria, reign: 1837 and 1901 1887 photograph

  2. An era of progress and repression 1865 Elizabeth Garrett and Emily Davies present the petition for Women’s rights to John Stuart Mill MP Barbara Smith Bodichon (1827-1891) “Feminist with a Paintbrush”

  3. Barbara Smith Bodichon, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 1856, watercolor

  4. Feminine Subjects“Feminine” Subject MatterWomen as subjects in artArchetypes of women

  5. Emily Mary Osborn, A Golden Day Dream, n.d., 21 x 36 inches Emily Mary Osborn, Nameless and Friendless, 1857

  6. A Golden Day Dream by Emily Mary Osborn, n.d., Oil on canvas, 21 x 36 inches.

  7. Presentiments, c.1859, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 45 inches

  8. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood William Holman Hunt, The Awakening Conscience, 1851-53 Oil on canvas 29 1/4 x 21 5/8 inches

  9. Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais, 1851-52. 30 x 44 inches. Oil on canvas.

  10. Modeling was considered one of the most immoral careers a woman could have. Etching by Ramus after the painting by Maurice Bompard, 1881, Etching published by Barrie, 1893. 

  11. Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (1829 – 1862)Self-Portrait, 1853-54 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Regina Cordium, 1860

  12. Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais, 1851-52. 30 x 44 inches. Oil on canvas.

  13. The Ladies' Lament from the Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens, 1856, watercolor Lady Clare, 1857. 

  14. Elizabeth Siddal, The Lady of Shalott at her loom, 1853 Pen and ink on paper

  15. Elizabeth Siddal, 1853 William Holman Hunt, 1897 John William Waterhouse, 1894. John William Waterhouse, 1888

  16. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix, 1864-70

  17. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, A Vision of Fiammetta, 1878 Model: Marie Spartali Stillman Marie Spartali Stillman, photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron

  18. Marie Spartali Stillman Madonna Pietra degli Scrovigni, 1884, gouache and watercolor on paper 78x61cm

  19. Marie Spartali Stillman Madonna Pietra degli Scrovigni, 1884, gouache and watercolor on paper 78x61cm

  20. Messer Ansaldo Showing Madonna Dianora his Enchanted Garden, 1889

  21. Evelyn Pickering De Morgan 1850 - 1919 “Art is eternal. Life is short.” The Dryad, 1884-85, 40 x 17 in.

  22. Cadmus and Harmonia 1877, 40 x 17.5 in.

  23. Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1482

  24. Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale The Pale Complexion of True Love, 1899

  25. The Little Foot Page, 1905

  26. The Uninvited Guest, 1906

  27. Marie Spartali Stillman Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale St. George, watercolor and pencil, 1892 Knight with Child, n.d.

  28. Henrietta Rae Hylas and the Water Nymphs

  29. French, American, English? Pre-Raphaelite? painter 1823-1903 Sophie Anderson

  30. Sophie Anderson, Birdsong, c. 1860

  31. Take the Fair Face of Woman... a.k.a. The Fairy Queen

  32. The Children's Story Book, 1892,Oil on canvas

  33. No Walk Today, 1854

  34. Foundling Girls at Prayer in the Chapel, 1877

  35. Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler) The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras, 1875. Oil on canvas. 97.2 x 216.2 cm

  36. Scotland Forever!, 1881

  37. Scotland Forever!, 1881

  38. Napoléon at the Battle of Austerlitz, by François Gérard, 1810

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