victoria and abdul was set in 1887.
victoria and abdul was set in 1887.
what year was victoria and abdul set in?
1887
in 1887, the british empire celebrated victoria's golden jubilee. victoria marked the fiftieth anniversary of her accession on 20 june with a banquet to which 50 kings and princes were invited. the following day, she participated in a procession and attended a thanksgiving service in westminster abbey. by this time, victoria was once again extremely popular. two days later on 23 june, she engaged two indian muslims as waiters, one of whom was abdul karim. he was soon promoted to "munshi": teaching her urdu (known as hindustani) and acting as a clerk. her family and retainers were appalled, and accused abdul karim of spying for the muslim patriotic league, and biasing the queen against the hindus. equerry frederick ponsonby (the son of sir henry) discovered that the munshi had lied about his parentage, and reported to lord elgin, viceroy of india, "the munshi occupies very much the same position as john brown used to do." victoria dismissed their complaints as racial prejudice. abdul karim remained in her service until he returned to india with a pension, on her death.
queen victoria
translated from latin, the title of the book is "theatre of the art of writing". it is an anthology of handwriting specimens by solomon henrix, van den velde, felix van sambix, curione, m. martine, beauchesne, houthusius, p. goos, jacomina hondius, peter bales and other scribes. the book opens with a four-page typeset instruction in the art of writing, and is followed by a series of 42 copperplate engravings. each engraving is a specimen of roman, italic, blackletter, or hebrew letters, usually accompanied by ornamental swashes, surrounded by an ornate cartouche. each plate, or series of plates, is signed by its creator.
theatrum artis scribendi