The showcase aims to shed a light on the stories and pastimes of children growing up in Edinburgh’s New Town in the early 19th century. The game was invented by Ann Young, the only woman to receive a ...

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

It turns out this obsession with picture-perfect portraits isn’t new and existed long before Photoshop and filters. Back then ...

More than a 19th-century actress, Binodini Dasi was a woman who dared to write her life in ink, on her own terms. Her memoir ...

A s a child growing up in Colorado, Illinois, and Vermont in the late 19th century, Florence Sabin lacked musical talent—but that ended up being a good thing. After a classmate told her that her piano ...

After James Allen died suddenly in 1829, all of London learned that he was a "female husband" (or a trans man, by modern standards). Here's the extraordinary tale of what happened next ...

Back in the early 19th century, it was basically impossible. “Widow Clicquot” hit theaters Friday. It’s the true story of the famous French wine family and the woman who created a legendary ...

Gain insight into the auction performance of Continental School, 19th Century . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price ...

In the 1800s and early 1900s, ... But for many 19th-century doctors and patients, ... a 35-year-old woman who sought medical care after 4 days of persistent vomiting.