Victorian (1837 - 1901)

(1837 - 1915 in England)

Queen Victoria

The Victorian Era, 1837 - 1901

Prince Albert

Organized the Great Exhibition of 1851

Robert Thorne

First Fat Faces, 1803

William Caslon IV

Early Introduction of a sans-serif style in 1816

Vincent Figgins

Popularized the name “Sans Serif” in 1832

Robert Besley

Designed Clarendon in 1845

Louis Daguerre

Developed the daguerreotype process

George Eastman

Developed photographic film in 1884

Eadweard Muybridge

Sequential photographs studying movement

Charles Dana Gibson

Created the Gibson Girls

Thomas Nast

Political cartoons that helped challenge political corruption

John Tenniel

Illustrations for Alice’s Adventures Underground

Beatrix Potter

Peter Rabbit

Kate Greenaway

Illustrations that moved away from the cluttered Victorian look

First fat faces

Bold type became a distinctive style.

Steam-powered letterpress patent

Printing technology continued to advance.

Early slab serifs and three-dimensional type styles

Typography became more varied and expressive.

Caslon IV's type specimen book

An early sans-serif style appeared.

Niépce's photograph from nature

Early photography became possible.

Figgins popularized the term “Sans Serif”

The type style gained recognition.

Victoria becomes queen

Beginning of the Victorian Era.

Clarendon typeface

Heavy, rounded serifs became popular.

Great Exhibition of 1851

British industrial and cultural achievements were showcased.

Second Industrial Revolution

Industry and technology advanced

Muybridge's The Horse in Motion

Sequential photography explored movement.

Eastman's photographic film

Photography became easier to manage.

End of Victoria's reign

End of the Victorian Era.

Victorian Era’s Negative Impact of England’s Opulence

1. Division of family unit (men work in factories)

2. Negative Portrayals of people in color in caricatures

3. Irish Peasants starving to death (Great Potato Famine)

4. Earliest example of growing to pornographic industry

Chromalithography

Widely used process of printing color images and lettering

Graphic Designer

Calls for a rise of a new occupation due to lack of graphic art standards