In this portrayal, elves slightly resemble nimble and delicate versions of the elves in English folktakes in the Victorian period from which they derived.

Although Silsbee adhered mainly to Victorian and revivalist architecture, Wright found his work to be more " gracefully picturesque " than the other " brutalities " of the period.

Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethan, Victorian or medieval period and often express pagan, occult or other religious imagery such as pentacles or medieval crosses.

This style was later adapted in the Victorian period for the working-class.

The restlessness of the Victorian period ’ s issues of working class radicalism, labor, war, economy, and other national themes were the targets of Punch, which in turn commanded the nature of Tenniel ’ s subjects.

By the Victorian period in the 19th century historians were more inclined to draw on the judgements of the chroniclers and to focus on John's moral personality.

Nineteenth-century fictional depictions of John were heavily influenced by Sir Walter Scott's historical romance, Ivanhoe, which presented " an almost totally unfavourable picture " of the king ; the work drew on Victorian histories of the period and on Shakespeare's play.

The castle became a tourist destination from the 18th century onwards, becoming famous in the Victorian period following the publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth in 1826.

" Invert " described the opposite gender roles and the related attraction to women instead of men ; since women in the Victorian period were considered unable to initiate sexual encounters, women who did so with other women were thought of as possessing masculine sexual desires.

England had suffered extensively from the war by 1147, leading to later Victorian historians terming the conflict the period of " the Anarchy ".

Historians in the " Whiggish " tradition that emerged during the Victorian period traced a progressive and universalist course of political and economic development in England over the medieval period.

There is also a Victorian period napkin ring depicting a baby satyr next to a barrel, which further represents the perception of baby satyrs as partaking in the Bacchanalian festivities.

The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901 which signified the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire.

Scholars debate whether the Victorian period — as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians — actually begins with the passage of Reform Act 1832.

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

In the Victorian period John Newman reinterpreted this as the establishment of a via media.

Historically, there has been a swing from the sexually liberal end of the Industrial Revolution to the chaste values of the early Victorian period.

Fantasy photomontaged postcards were popular in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The preeminent producer in this period was the Bamforh Company, in Holmfirth, West Yorksihire, and New York.

In the Victorian era, many popular beach resorts were equipped with bathing machines because even the all-covering beachwear of the period was considered immodest.

Agnes Strickland, a Victorian historian, argued that Isabella suffered from occasional fits of madness during this period but modern interpretations suggest, at worst, a nervous breakdown following the death of her lover.

The majority of Bacup's culturally significant architecture is in the Victorian period, but there are older buildings of note are Fearns Hall ( 1696 ), Forest House ( 1815 ) and the 18th century Stubbylee Hall.

* Uniting Church: situated in Katoomba Street, the Uniting Church — formerly the Methodist Church — has survived as a good example of Gothic styles that have stretched from the Victorian era to the inter-war period.

Under Tree, however, Her ( later His ) Majesty's Theatre was most famous for its work with Shakespeare, building an international reputation as the premier British playhouse for his works during the Edwardian era, which had for so long belonged to Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre during the Victorian period.

The period of publication was sandwiched between the Victorian era, with its strict classicism, and Modernism, with its strident rejection of pure aestheticism.

The architectural style is a mixture of Victorian Gothic, Tudor and Dutch Baroque and was the subject of much bemused comment from those who worked there, or visited, during World War II.

In the then Victorian Colony ( now State of Victoria in Australia ), the ( Royal ) Victorian Bowling Association was formed in 1880 and The Scottish Bowling Association was established in 1892, although there had been a failed attempt in 1848 by 200 Scottish clubs.

In Victoria on 21 December 2011, legislation was passed by the Victorian Parliament allowing new trials where there is " fresh and compelling DNA evidence, where the person acquitted subsequently admits to the crime, or where it becomes clear that key witnesses have given false evidence ".

Victorian historians often referred to the tribe as the Damnonii, which is also the name of another Celtic people from lowland Scotland, although there are no known links between the two populations.

Readers in the Victorian era particularly praised her books for their depictions of rural society, for which she drew on her own early experiences, and she shared with Wordsworth the belief that there was much interest and importance in the mundane details of ordinary country lives.

Melbourne Water has stated that within 50 years there will be 20 percent less water going into Victorian reservoirs.

Writing in 1944, the liberal Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek said of the change in political attitudes that had occurred since the Great War: " Perhaps nothing shows this change more clearly than that, while there is no lack of sympathetic treatment of Bismarck in contemporary English literature, the name of Gladstone is rarely mentioned by the younger generation without a sneer over his Victorian morality and naive utopianism ".

More than a year after the raid, the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions concluded that while certain offences had been committed, including criminal damage and assault with a weapon, there was insufficient evidence to charge any person with a specific offence.

His first novel, Sister Carrie, published in 1900, tells the story of a woman who flees her country life for the city ( Chicago ) and there lives a life far from a Victorian ideal.

Victorian writers suggested that, given later events, Isabella might have helped Mortimer escape and some historians continue to argue that their relationship had already begun at this point, although most believe that there is no hard evidence for their having had a substantial relationship before meeting in Paris.

In late Victorian times the subject matter of the play was deemed controversial, and there was an outcry when Adelaide Neilson appeared as Isabella in the 1870s.

It is notable for two reasons: the imposing Bamburgh Castle, overlooking the beach, seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and at present owned by the Armstrong family ( see William George Armstrong ); and its association with the Victorian heroine, Grace Darling, who is buried there.

Many San Francisco gays also moved there after about 1970 from what had been the formerly most prominent gay neighborhood, Polk Gulch, because large Victorian houses were available at low rents or available for purchase for low down payments when their former middle-class owners had fled to the suburbs.

Although there are Victorian examples of counterfactual history, it was not until the very late 20th century that the exploration of counterfactuals in history was to begin in earnest.

In Victorian times they only had the written records to go on, and, as no mention of Saxon occupation in Middlesex appear for this period, it was a reasonable hypothesis to consider, even though there was no evidence for this fanciful idea that any had died in battle.

A triangular area of Northwood including the old High Street, Chester Road and Hallowell Road has been deemed a place of special-interest restriction, in order to protect the numerous Victorian houses situated there.

The Victorian poet Robert Browning moved from No. 1 Chichester Road to Beauchamp Lodge, 19 Warwick Crescent, in 1862 and lived there until 1887.

Around the town there are various buildings from the Tudor, Georgian, Regency and Victorian eras.

Contrast this with Essex Village, where there are relatively few Gothic or Victorian style dwellings, two examples of which are the 1855 " Gingerbread House " at the corner of Riverview Street and Maple Avenue, and the Parker House on North Main Street.

Throughout the year there are craft fairs, Victorian house tours during the holiday season, jazz concerts in downtown park, and other community events.

Major landmarks include Cody's Hot Spot Gas Station ( 1998 ) on the corner of NC 107 and Cope Creek Road ( a gas station under the name of Cody's has been located there since the 1950s ), the Old Field Church and Cemetery ( 1830, the church later became Scotts Creek Baptist Church in Beta ), and an historic Victorian house that serves as a bed & breakfast.

In addition to the original Victorian building ( now known as the OC Tanner Building ) there are three much newer accommodation blocks on the main site, all built of matching “ Linacre College Special Blend Brick ” with matching Queen Anne style architecture.