Victorian British Celebrities

Color illustration depicting five cameo-style insets with face shots of famous British figures from the Victorian era including, Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, Admiral Lord Nelson, Charles Dickens and William E Gladstone, set on a background showing historical events related to each person, from the volume "Grandest century in the world's history, containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests, the rise and fall of nations, wonderful growth and progress of the United States etc etc " authored by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1900. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)