Edwardian era
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In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. It is commonly extended to the start of the First World War
King Edward VII by Luke Fildes (c. 1901)
Leaders of the Labour Party in 1906
The medical staff of No. 1 Stationary Hospital at Ladysmith
Liberal poster for 1906 election
Victorian era
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In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901, although slightly different defini
Edwardian era
…War in 1914, during the early reign of King George V. The era is dated from the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901, which marked the end of the Victorian era. Her son and successor, Edward VII, was already the leader of a fashionable elite that set a style influenced by the art and fashions of continental…
Painting of Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1859)
Information circulated by the campaign of Lewis Pugh Pugh, a candidate at the 1880 general election in Cardiganshire (now known as Ceredigion), explaining to supporters how to vote
Depiction of the defence of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
Recreation of a Victorian parlour at Nidderdale Museum, Yorkshire