10 History Lessons from the Masterpiece TV Series "Victoria"
Victoria is a British drama television series created by Daisy Goodwin and starring Jenna Coleman and Rufus Sewell. …
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A Slice of American Life in a Gilded Age by William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was an American painter who thrived during America's Gilded Age. He is best known for his …
A 5-Minute Guide to the House of Worth
Something wonderful happened to the world of fashion during the second half of the 19th century. Beautiful gowns were no …
An Impression of Winter by Claude Monet
What impression do you have of winter? Perhaps you're a snowbird who escapes the cold for warmer climes. Perhaps you're …
A Ghost Story of Christmas
It was the winter of 1843. Long after the sober folks had gone to bed, Charles Dickens paced the streets of London. …
In the Bleak Mid Winter
The story of shepherding begins some 5,000 years ago in Asia Minor. As the name implies, a shepherd is a sheep herder — …
Life in a Scottish Fishing Village during the Victorian Era
Newhaven is a small harbor port within the city of Edinburgh and a designated conservation area. Once a thriving fishing …
A Brief History of Fairies
Do you believe in fairies? As a child, my parents told me that when a tooth fell out, I should place it under the pillow …
40 Beautiful Images of Ireland in 1895
They say that when the Celts became Christians, their old gods and goddesses changed themselves into fairies and went …
World War II in Color—the Greatest Generation
At the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!—about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan—Naval Marshal …
A 5-Minute Guide to Callot Soeurs Couture
When a young painting conservator from New York University happened upon some Louis Vuitton trunks in a 15th-century …
Gardens of the Gilded Age in 40 Glorious Images
Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston, a pioneering female photographer from Grafton, West Virginia, was given her first …