Rare Rediscovered Masterpiece by Tissot Comes to Bonhams 19th Century Sale in London London – Rediscovered masterpiece by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) is the highlight of Bonhams ...

19th Century British Newspapers is a joint effort between the British Library and Gale to make available searchable, full-text digitized versions of key 19th Century British newspapers. The aim was to ...

The British empire embarked on a successful and far-reaching anti-slavery campaign in the first half of the 19th century, one of the first global humanitarian efforts of its kind. Professor Maeve Ryan ...

In 1870, 29-year-old British photographer Thomas Child moved to Peking — as Beijing was formerly known — to work as a gas engineer for the Imperial Maritime Customs Service. Although he signed a ...

THERE are days when the world changes, and a man does not notice because his mind is on his own affairs," we're told by Thomas Shield, the eloquent narrator in Andrew Taylor's Regency-era mystery An ...

Whistler's First Portrait Commission Comes to Auction for the First Time in 60 Years at Bonhams London – James McNeill Whistler's first portrait commission, Portrait of Lucas Alexander Ionides, comes ...