Victorian age (10)

but they didn’t want to talk about. Artist

BBC Documentary : The wanted to show what reality was.

Victorians-Home sweet Home

Victorian artist loved painting domestic

themes .There are paintings that show life A married man

in the Victorian’s houses like it should be with his

( Happy family all together). The woman mistress. The

was known as the Angel in the house. But look in her

Other artist painted what happened when eyes shows

things were wrong. Poverty, disease, the guilt but the

evil of drink, the shame of illicit sex, all the face of the

things that destroyed the proverbs : Home man shows

sweet home. Some artists painted Queen only joy, no

Victoria’s Life in a idealistic way ( she was conscience.

represented as a beautiful mother and a (dark-repulsive

wife) so Victorians wanted to imitate her side of

life. But in society temptation was domestic

everywhere. life).Prostitution was common

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY –

WILLIAM POWELL FRITH In London in 1857 There was 1 prostitute

for every 25 men and most of them were

married. Because of this, sexual

transmission of disease was common and

lots of wives were infected . In many

Victorian’s city anatomical museums

provided public the effects of illicit sex.

There were wax masks that showed

Victorians common diseases.(syphilis, sores

on skin).

The family formed one community the staff

another (in a gentlemen house)

Governess and servants need the Book of

House Hold Management, a sort of bible for Separation of the classes(servants in a

them.(to be a perfect domestic). particular area and the family in a politer

area)

Keeping out appearances was what it was

all about. Rich families commissioned men and women had separated rooms (the

paintings to tell that they were upright billium room was for male only).For the

,content and respectable. common places they had different

accesses.Everyone had his own place in a

Happy family life, the public loved it. Victorian home. Also the Governess,

Pictures like this show how was wonderful responsible for children’s education, better

life in the Victorian home. paid than servants

But this pictures were lies. Home sweet

home was just a dream. Respectable man

with wife and children, have mistress and

sometimes other illegitimate children in an

other house to not let his wife to suspect

something. Keeping mistress wasn’t

unusual . Everyone knew what happened