This website has a collection of "over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies." Most films have write-ups on the context of the film and an analysis that go along with it. Two things to note is that some films may be unavailable…

An advertisement representing Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Speaks to the reach of England, Queen Victoria is not only the Queen but also an Empress of a great empire.

This advertises "Queen's Honey Soap" with Queen Victoria riding through a crowd of people cheering her on. Many of these people come from other places in the Empire, in the front row you can see what looks to be a man from Africa, a man from the…

This advertisement features a stove that is proclaimed as "Englands gift, a blessing to all nations". Queen Victoria is pictured handing out these stoves to a long line of people from different places in the Empire. There are African tribal men,…

This advert is selling Turkish Cross-Cut Cigarettes. The ad not only has Queen Victoria's face, but also the England Coat of Arms, their flag & pennant. It even has a respectable looking Englishman in the corner proclaiming the cigarettes to be…

Queen Victoria's life

King of United Kingdom including Queen Victoria's family tree

This image of the British Empire (1897) is entitled "The World in 1897. The British Possessions are coloured Red." The countries claimed under the British Empire are in red and include Australia, India, Canada, the United Kingdom, parts of Greenland,…

This is an article discussing the Indian practice of suttee and its relevance to both colonial Indian and English culture, as well as connections with Jane Eyre

A first edition of Jane Eyre