click image for close-up All that is known of Yarrow Mamout, an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age ... supposedly a rarity in 19th century America, though that question ...
Meet William Mumler, the amateur chemist who stumbled into spirit photography and pioneered an entire industry, in this ...
the 19th century teacher and abolitionist. A humble man who considered himself homely, he once declined a request to sit for a portrait by saying, "O no, no, my ugly face shall not go down to ...
Around 1800, London-based published Samuel William Fores continued the playful tradition of composite portraiture in a series ...
My Kansas story was mainly about Republicans, but I also wrote about the way the Democrats were gradually turning away from ...
Although it’s small, the art is haunting and unsettling, marking the room as anything but generic. Sometimes, it takes an odd ...
Sir Keir admitted last month he asked for a portrait of Margaret Thatcher to ... four separate terms totalling 12 years in the late 19th Century, was also responsible for major progressive reforms ...
Earlier this year, AI God appeared at the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva as part of a polyptych with Ada ...
Gift from the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation will fund a new curatorial position to oversee the collection, maintain the works, ...
A camel on site and shabby chic were challenges for the owner of Chavenage House when it was used as the set for the Disney ...
The show is situated in the museum’s enchanting terra-cotta arcade, which gives the displayed objects—red velvet pillows, ...
A mountain man loses his connection to nature in this strange but stunning portrait of modernity set in the shadow of the ...