The Longchamp Racecourse and Fashion Promenade

July 10, 2018 David James

Attracting enormous crowds, by the late 1800s, the Longchamp Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris had become one of the most

Edwardian Era Victorian Era

Vintage Baby Carriages of Bygone Times

November 18, 2017January 23, 2018 David James

The year was 1847 and Queen Victoria was pregnant with her 6th child, Princess Louise. Hearing about a new type

Victorian Era

The Tragic Story of Princess Ka’iulani, “The Island Rose” of Hawaii

November 2, 2017November 3, 2017 David James

Born Victoria Ka’iulani on October 16, 1875, the Crown Princess and heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii was

The Georgian Era Victorian Era

If Only the Dead Could Talk—the Ghost of the Red Barn Murder

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 David James

It was the year 1828. In the little English village of Polstead in Suffolk, Mrs. Marten was having a bad

Victorian Era

Women’s Fashions of the Late Victorian Era

October 22, 2017July 2, 2018 David James

During the Victorian Era, advances in technology and distribution saw fashion change from an exclusive privilege of the wealthy elites

Art Victorian Era

John Atkinson Grimshaw — Painter of Moonlight

October 8, 2017November 14, 2019 David James

Known for his city night-scenes and landscapes, John Atkinson Grimshaw was a Victorian artist described by British art historian Christopher

Art Victorian Era

Renoir—an Impression of Beauty

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 David James impressionism, paintings

Famed for his paintings of bustling 19th-century Parisian life, pretty women and sensual nudes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s eye for beauty captured the

Victorian Era

Neuschwanstein—Castle of Dreams

August 26, 2017June 18, 2018 David James castles, Germany, kings

Born in Nymphenburg Palace—the “Castle of the Nymphs”—in Munich, Bavaria, and growing up in the Gothic Revival fantasy castle of

Victorian Era

The Real Gangs of New York

August 9, 2017October 18, 2017 David James

Those are the gruesome words of Bill “the Butcher” Cutting, played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the Martin Scorsese film Gangs

Art The Georgian Era Victorian Era

Francois Flameng—Interpreter of Beauty

July 29, 2017August 2, 2017 David James

Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful clothes—Francois Flameng loved to paint them all. Born in an art studio in Paris in

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