The Victorians were VAMPS all along! Forget those gloomy photographs - Britain was awash with synthetic dye. And even the sovereign was once a Queen of Colour who dressed up like a 'Christmas tree'
A new exhibition at Oxfords Ashmolean Museum presents us with a dazzling version of the Victorian world. Mid 19th century Britain was, it appears, a riot of colour.
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