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Victorian Britain - Coggle Diagram
Victorian Britain
illness
Typhoid
Scarlet fever
Tuberculosis
Cholera
Dickensian disease
weapons- handheld
Blunderbuss- precursor to the modern shotgun
Musket- early edition of the rifle- some fitted with bayonets
Flintlock Rifle- better version of the musket
notorious amount of knives including special lobster patterned, double sided ones that were common around this time
art/jewelry and riches
necklaces
Amethyst, black glass, diamond, emerald, garnet, jet, opal, onyx, pearl, ruby and tortoise shell were among the most popular gems found in the Victorian era, if you were rich enough.
rings
serpent or snake rings were popular at this time. as this was the bridge of the romantic period bringing many trends and motifs
paintings
Classicism
Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Impressionism
statues
The Sluggard
Buckingham Palace
Teucer
Buildings
Factories
textile mills
silk mill
Cotton mills
Housing
Folk Victorian- middle class house
shacks- small houses with very little rooms and space
Italianate- high working class house
Architecture
Royal Albert Hall
St Pancras Station
Big Ben Tower
Victorian empire/military
because of the napoleon wars previously
the regular army was gradually slimmed down from 230,000 men to 91,000 by 1838 and so they wanted to expand
steam powered boats were popular at this time for long distances and expanded the British army greatly
territory that was claimed over many years because of the British empire consisted of Canada, large areas of India, Australia, and New Zealand, and small parts of South America and Africa showing the strength of our revolution
food
middle class
porridge, eggs, fish and bacon would be found in middle class homes
slightly lower quality meats than the upper classes were eaten at dinner
low class
breakfasts were poor and unhealthy with mainly just handmade white bread being the main starter to their days
For dinner the lower classes had little access to meat, so their diet mostly consisted of grains and vegetables
high class
high class dinners mainly also consisted of soup, roast meats or fish, vegetables, puddings and sweets
breakfast would usually consist of luxury ham, eggs, bacon, bread and fish
transport/machinery
transport:
Horses and carts or carriages being still a classic way around Britain.
buses
Steam powered vehicles like trains and boats
Machinery
Electricity
Turbines
Early torpedoes
trade
ceramics and textiles were popular trade items found in Victorian Britain.
