Rudyard Kipling's "Stiff Upper Lip": From Empire to Tragedy
Rudyard Kipling, born in India in 1865, embodied the spirit of British Imperialism during its peak. His life was a …
Victorian-Era
The Longchamp Racecourse and Fashion Promenade
Attracting enormous crowds, by the late 1800s, the Longchamp Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris had become one …
Vintage Baby Carriages of Bygone Times
The year was 1847 and Queen Victoria was pregnant with her 6th child, Princess Louise. Hearing about a new type of baby …
The Tragic Story of Princess Ka'iulani, "The Island Rose" of Hawaii
Born Victoria Ka'iulani on October 16, 1875, the Crown Princess and heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii was …
If Only the Dead Could Talk—the Ghost of the Red Barn Murder
It was the year 1828. In the little English village of Polstead in Suffolk, Mrs. Marten was having a bad dream. A …
Women's Fashions of the Late Victorian Era
During the Victorian Era, advances in technology and distribution saw fashion change from an exclusive privilege of the …
John Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight
Known for his city night-scenes and landscapes, John Atkinson Grimshaw was a Victorian artist described by British art …
Renoir: an Impression of Beauty
Famed for his paintings of bustling 19th-century Parisian life, pretty women and sensual nudes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's …
Neuschwanstein—Castle of Dreams
Born in Nymphenburg Palace—the "Castle of the Nymphs"—in Munich, Bavaria, and growing up in the Gothic Revival fantasy …
The Real Gangs of New York
Those are the gruesome words of Bill "the Butcher" Cutting, played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the Martin Scorsese film Gangs …
Francois Flameng: Interpreter of Beauty
Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful clothes—Francois Flameng loved to paint them all. Born in an art studio in …
The Light that Inspired the Skagen Painters
Skagen is a village in the northernmost part of Denmark. From the late 1870s until the turn of the century, a group of …