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.

Alameda is known for its Victorian houses ; 9 % of all single-family houses ( 1500 ) in Alameda are Victorian, and many more have been divided into two to four-unit dwellings.

The building underwent two Victorian restorations and another in 1930.

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.

It was a major commercial success and provided for two phases of expansion during the Georgian and Victorian eras.

At some point in the next two years they moved back to England, by 1873 settling into The Glen, a large Victorian house in Blundellsands, a seaport in Lancashire, north-west England, which was developing into a wealthy suburb of Liverpool.

Support for the Nationals in the 2006 Victorian state election was considerable with the party picking up two extra seats in the Lower House to maintain its total representation of 11 sitting members ( two Upper House seats were lost, mostly due to a change from preferential to proportional representation ).

The erection of two discount hotel chain box buildings, at the southern end of Armada Way and the other at the Sound end of Leigham Street, contrast with their Victorian surroundings.

After this venture failed, electric trams returned on 5 May 1906, with the opening of the Victorian Railways ' " Electric Street Railway " from St Kilda to Brighton, and was followed on 11 October 1906 with the opening of the North Melbourne Electric Tramway and Lighting Company ( NMETL ) system, which opened two lines from the cable tram terminus at Flemington Bridge to Essendon and Saltwater River ( now Maribyrnong River ).

It has extensive annotations explaining the contemporary references ( including the Victorian poems that Carroll parodies ), mathematical concepts, word play, and Victorian traditions ( such as the snap-dragons ) featured in the two books.

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.

The are two senior clubs, the Traralgon Maroons ( which briefly competed in the Victorian Football League between 1996 – 1997 ) currently competing in the Gippsland Football League and Traralgon-Tyers United competing in the North Gippsland Football League.

Throughout her career, Freeman regularly competed in the Victorian Athletic League where she won two 400 m races at the Stawell Gift Carnival.

Joan exhibited her watercolours and oils at two Melbourne exhibitions and also exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society.

* Victorian Football Club ( disambiguation ), either of two defunct Australian rules football clubs

Tracking east from here and past the two Church of England parish churches, both called Saint Mary's ( Stoke Newington strangely decided to retain the old one, unusual in a London parish ), leads to Abney Park Cemetery, one of the most splendid and enlightened of Victorian London cemeteries.

In 1862 it competed in what may be the earliest challenge trophy competition, was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) ( 1877 ), one of two associations and governing bodies formed in the same year and in 1897 it became a foundation member of the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) competition which later became the national Australian Football League ( AFL ).

There are two Church of England churches: the medieval St Mary's on Market Hill, and the Victorian St John's on St John's Hill.

In 1946, the Purcell Family sold the two acre homestead to Mr. & Mrs. Henry Killingsworth who have meticulously restored this imposing Victorian mansion.

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.

The brick house is listed as a four bay, two wing, Victorian structure two stories high.