The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create ...
The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow has made one of the finest finds in its nearly 40-year run while filming in Harrogate, England. The item discovered is a long-lost painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ...
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have added three significant artworks to their collections. The most noteworthy is "Love and the Maiden" (1877) by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, the acknowledged ...
Dante Alighieri’s long-time courtly love interest and spiritual guide throughout The Divine Comedy, Beatrice Portinari, has shaped visual representations of female dignity for centuries. Yet, since ...
Myles Russell Cook works for the National Gallery of Victoria. During the night of September 7 1936, the last remaining thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, popularly referred to by the name of “Benjamin” ...
"Antiques Roadshow" is a great guilty pleasure for wannabe antiquers, but once in awhile their appraisers find some truly unique gems. Recently, one guest showed off a portrait that had been in his ...
An undated view of the Seven Hills of Bonn by Josephine Butler, who campaigned for sex workers' rights and pushed Parliament to raise the age of consent Courtesy of Ewbank's Auctions Josephine Butler ...
YORK Art Gallery has launched a campaign to raise £3.6 million to purchase a picture by a top Victorian artist for the city. The gallery, which is currently showing more than 30 works by Albert Moore, ...
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