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Resources for researching images of Victorian England
Check out the resources below to search for images from Victorian England. The best images will be those scanned and presented by libraries, universities and archives. These are the most trustworthy places to use images from, as many images you see generated online might have been altered or created by AI.
Use any image you find with caution and verify as much information as you can about who created the image and when, as well as it's original purpose and place of publication.
Librarian Search Tip 1: When searching for images about Victorian England, consider using names of people, places and events as search terms. Also, pay very close attention to the date an image was created. You will be focusing on material created primarily in the mid to late 1800s.
Librarian Search Tip 2: Images from libraries, universities and archives are generally free to use in your projects without copyright restrictions. If you find images on commercial sites, especially those trying to sell you a digital copy, there may be watermarks and other markings on the image itself.
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British Library ImagesImages Online is the picture library of the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom. We host some of the nation’s best historical collections, in many different languages from across the world.
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British Museum CollectionOver 2 million objects
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London Museum: Objects & StoriesThe London Collection is a three-dimensional, multimedia biography of the city and its people. It is especially strong for some aspects of London’s history, including but not limited to archaeological treasures, the history of work and social conditions, protest, the struggle for women’s suffrage, ceramics, fashion, photography and oral histories of Londoners’ lives.
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Victorian Popular Culture (AM Explorer) This link opens in a new windowSelect the "Visual Sources" tab to go directly to the database's collection of images.
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive This link opens in a new windowArchive of the world's first weekly illustrated newspaper. Coverage: 1842-2003.
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London Low LIfe: Street Culture, Social Reform and the Victorian Underworld (AM Explorer) This link opens in a new windowSelect the "Visual Galleries" tab to go directly to images.
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Punch Historical Archive 1841-1992 This link opens in a new window
The archive of this British humor and satire periodical covers all volumes of from 1841-1992. It also includes almanacks and other special numbers (issues), as well as prefaces, epilogues, indexes, and other specially produced material from the bound volumes, and the images in the archive appear as originally published in print form.
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Image Research GuideSearch for visual images from across the world, covering international locations to Trinity College. Also, learn how to use images within your research projects.