mid-19th century
Before the automobile
Mid-19th century refers to the middle portion of the 1800s, roughly 1840 to 1860.
The term appears in historical writing to locate events, styles, or developments within that era: mid-19th century furniture, a mid-19th century photograph.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective before nouns.
- Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodMid-century English artistic revolt
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
Transcendentalism · Hudson River School · Crimean War · abolitionism · urbanization · American Civil War · Realism · Arts and Crafts movement · top hat · hoop skirt · nationalism · telegraph · railroads · cotton gin · sewing machine · socialism · gas lighting · gas lamp
mid-19th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern times · contemporary era · today · modern era · near future
mid-19th centurydigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · space age · modern era · atomic age · computer age
mid-19th centurydistant future
Time very far ahead
far future · ancient times · prehistory · antiquity · ancient history
mid, middle, midst, midway, midpoint, midnight, midday, midterm, midsummer