A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), pictured here ...

Many of his subjects were fashionable, bourgeois women, whom he depicted in an array of settings that reflected the many facets of modern life in the late 19th century. In brightly colored ...

A new exhibition exploring the life of a "remarkable" 19th-century woman has opened at a museum. The exhibition, Elizabeth Charmer: Survival, Love and Heartbreak, will open at Ludlow Museum at the ...

Polish women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously, they had been only readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes ...

The photo was part of a set of late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) images depicting staged scenes from "The Unlucky Present," a Scottish tale about a blacksmith rescuing a minister ...

This imperialistic “Riviera” project could have been dreamt up by the Israeli far right.

Trump has a price, and the billionaires filling Trump’s cabinet and his pockets are willing to pay it for a chance to line ...

Over the past year, a comparatively obscure 19th-century painting by a little-known French-German artist has captured the imagination of audiences across social media, drawing viewers in through ...