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This image is the headpiece that appears in The Pall Mall Magazine, accompanying the printing of Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman". It shows Ella engulfed in a book, probably of poetry. This image is the only one that Arthur J. Goodman created…

When I was looking for an item, I thought about Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman" and the certain passage about Ella being referred to as an author specifically when the text was talking about her expecting her third child. This got me thinking…

This article provides a scathing view of the diagnosis of hysteria, which prominently "affected" women in the Victorian era. As this article is from a satire publication, the object here is to ridicule the diagnosis of hysteria, as it was…

As seen in Margaret Oliphant’s "The Library Window", the ‘understanding' of female hysteria came about in the 19th century. However, according to this advertisement, women should not fear…there is an electrical belt that can not only cure all…

This is an image of a panorama of Chowringhee Road from the Ochterlony Monument in Calcutta. Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a city in India. A glimpse south of Chowringhee Road in 1868 is provided by this photograph. This panorama represents and…

In this article, it describes the gender discovery of Mary Mudge. She was originally born a male and it was only when she died that it was discovered who she really was. From the description of who she was during her life, it sounded as if she tried…

Isaac Baker Brown's journal about insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria gives a clear depiction of how people perceived women who exhibited resistance to domestic living in the Victorian Era. Included in this item is the journal's title page,…

This ad for men’s clothing relates to the passage from "The Grey Woman" in several ways. The first is that that the advertisement shows the type of clothing that men at that time wore. The most interesting part of ad is the images of the men. How…

This is a photograph of the stained glass windows in the St. Andrew's College dining hall, originally installed in 1857 by Edward Burne-Jones. Edward Burne-ones was one of the most visionary artists of the Victorian era, and was known for his…