 DATE: In one scene there is a wallpaper wich features a pattern of  cyphers consisting of the letters VRI and a royal crown. The letters  stand for "Victoria Regina Imperatrix" wich is Latin for "Victoria  Queen Empress". It seems strange that such a royal motif would have  been used in the USA. However even if someone would have wanted to  decorate their walls with cypher of the british monarch in 1865, it  would have been "VR". It was not until 1877 that Queen Victoria was  given the title "Empress of India" when India was formally  incorporated into the British Empire.