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No doubt many of these categories will expand into their own pages when we find more links, but for now...

See the Ephemera section for links to artwork, clip art, postcards, e-cards, etc.
The Literary Gothic: http://www.litgothic.com/index_fl.html; Dedicated mainly to 19th century British art, mostly Victorian, including sculpture, painting, illustration, some architecture, and a bit of pottery and so forth. Includes a list of artists and authors, with biographies.
The Website of Bob Speel: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/; Dedicated mainly to 19th century British art, mostly Victorian, including sculpture, painting, illustration, some architecture, and a bit of pottery and so forth. Contains a useful list of artists, which leads to a list of biographies, as well as pages on where to see 19th-century artworks in London and the rest of England.
The William Morris Society: http://www.morrissociety.org

NOTE: To find dozens of groups discussing Victorian topics, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and type in a search phrase such as "Victoriana, Victorian etiquette, Victorian fashion," etc.
The Gibson Girls: http://www.geocities.com/ladiesoflongbourn/; The Gibson Girls are an online group for young ladies who prefer a gentler place in time when manners and morals ruled the day and ladies and gentleman behaved as such.
Victorian Ladies Discussion Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheVictorianLadies/
Victorian Ladies Society: http://www.victorianladiessociety.com/; The Victorian Ladies Society was established in 2000 to bring together ladies who share a love for Victoriana and to make new friendships. We are a Victorian themed online ladies group and any lady is welcome to join.
Victoria List: https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A0=VICTORIA

Victorians Institute and Journal: http://www.vcu.edu/vij/About%20VI%20and%20VIJ.html
The Victorian Review: http://web.uvic.ca/victorianreview/
Victorian Literature and Culture: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/english/journal/victorian/
Victorian Poetry: http://www.acquirecontent.com/titles/victorian-poetry
Neo-Victorian Studies: http://www.neovictorianstudies.com/

19th-Century Medicine in the UK: http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jonsmith/19cmed.html
Daughters of the Lost Century: http://www.lostcentury.com/daughters-of-the-lost-century.html; Website for a book reprinting a host of articles about women's athletics, sports and fitness in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Great Victorian "work-out video" showing illustrations from the book. An eye-opener!
Victorian Medical Practices: http://www.warts.org/library/victorian-medical-practices.html; This is a useful site with lots of links to various topics relating to Victorian medicine, disease, practices and practioners, and scientific theories of the day.

The War Times Journal: http://www.wtj.com/archives/; Archives of articles on the Napoleonic Wars, Admiral Nelson, Wellington, etc., including some first-person eyewitness accounts.

Advertising for Love: http://www.advertisingforlove.com/; A collection of funny, strange, poignant and just plain bizarre personal ads from the nineteenth century.
Big Ben: http://www.parliament.uk/bigben/ A new website created by Parliament to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Big Ben. History, facts and figures, and loads of images.
Cylinders on the Web: Rare Recordings: http://cylindersontheweb.angelcities.com/index.html; Rare recordings of speeches, notable individuals, etc. of the 19th century.
Mechanical Marvels of the 19th Century: http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/
Museum of Victorian Science: http://www.museumofvictorianscience.co.uk/; A virtual tour of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.
Victorian Etiquette Game: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0/
Victorianopoly: http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/victorianresources/victorians14.pdf; A Victorian version of Monopoly.
Victorian Parlour Games: http://oldfashionedliving.com/parlour-games.html
Victorian Slang: http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html

Money and Coinage in Victorian Britain: http://www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk/coinage/coins.htm
Current Value of Old Money: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html; Interesting site that helps you determine how much money was "worth" compared to today -- for example, what was a pound "worth" in 1850?
Pounds, Shillings and Pence - fun with Lsd: http://home.clara.net/brianp/money.html
Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to Present: http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/
Victorian Coinage: http://www.paullewis.co.uk

Aspects of the Victorian Book: http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html
Color Printing in the 19th Century: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/color/; An overview of printing techniques.
Database of Mid-Victorian Wood-engraved Illustration: http://www.dmvi.cf.ac.uk/; Records and images of 868 literary illustrations that were published in or around 1862, providing bibliographical and iconographical details.
Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html; Learn about 19th-century printing processes and read some sample texts.
Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/; A lovely site that provides an overview of binding techniques, with lots of images of great book covers.
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP): http://www.sharpweb.org/; The list of links here will be of interest to anyone interested in the history of printing and publishing.