Behind her, drapery is pulled back to reveal a bucolic landscape, a common trope in portraits ... Folk Art Museum, where an exhibition of art representing Black subjects from the 17th to 19th ...

displays a dignity rarely allowed African subjects in 19th century art. The half-length portrait shows Jones in his ecclesiastical robes, with Bible in hand. Its style is simple; yet it is ...

You can view three 19th-century paintings with deep cultural and historical importance to Hawaii that are rarely accessible to the public.

The Maillets began buying daguerreotypes in the 1960s and their 200-strong collection spans the full history and evolution of ...

and 19th-century watercolor sketches were snapped up by bidders. But the rare, pre-Civil War portrait of the formally-dressed Black man that was expected to sell for $300,000 to $500,000 was ...

In 1838, the capture of Osceola, in a 19th-century portrait, attracted national attention. Smithsonian American Art Museum / Art Resource, NY “Infinity of nations,” a new permanent exhibition ...

In 2000, the American Film Institute named it the No. 1 comedy in 100 years. Monroe, as many Connecticut residents know, ...

from the 17th Century to the end of the 19th Century. These clips are taken from the BBC series The Britain that Women Made. Suitable for: Art and Design and History at KS3 in England, Wales and ...