Depicting in great detail fiery rashes, scabs resembling igneous rocks, and inflamed skin patterns spread out like archipelagos, the pages of dermatological texts may make your skin crawl. Still, ...

William Shew, c. 1874 carte de visite of Pet and Wella Anderson’s pencil portrait of Anthony van Dyke (all images courtesy Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern ...

In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive and ...

Some two decades ago, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a 19th-century album featuring 2,000 paper portrait silhouettes, including those of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, ...

73cm high 29 1/4in high frame ht. 35 1/8, wd. 30 1/4 in., dp. 2 1/4 in 60cm wide 24 5/8in wide ...

A 19th-century empress’ beguiling tresses are enjoying renewed fame thanks to Guillermo del Toro’s . Crowned in 1854, Elisabeth of Austria was famous for her luxuriant chestnut hair, which fell to her ...

When respected cultural advocate Gloria D. Hall was honored with an arts and humanities award in a ceremony at Mechanics Hall in 2004, she expressed her gratitude and appreciation. Then, looking up ...

Mechanics Hall received a special delivery Monday when the first paining of its Portraits Project arrived. The painting was of 19th-century Black Worcester business owners, abolitionists and husband ...

The Neal Auction Company showroom on Magazine Street sizzled with anticipation Friday afternoon as bidding began on a circa 1840 painting of an enslaved man named Frederick. The auctioneer, Michelle ...

Like many others, Maurene Cooper shifted her career focus during the pandemic, and she now creates one-of-a-kind Victoria era keepsakes. The Montgomery County artist launched Vanity Tintype in ...

27 x 21 inches (68.6 x 53.3 cm) Framed: 31 1/2 x 26 x 3 1/4 inches ...