An intimate portrait Dante Gabriel Rossetti made of his sister Christina in 1877 is now on display at Wightwick Manor in the English Midlands.

How the devastating meaning of The Meeting on the Turret Stairs is unlocked by a medieval Danish ballad – and why the ...

A 19th century painting of the heartbreaking last meeting between Hellelil and Hildebrand by Victorian painter Frederic William Burton hangs at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, drawing ...

The work “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs” by the Irish painter Frederic William Burton on display at the National Gallery ...

Fanny Eaton was a regular model for the Pre-Raphaelites during the 1860s and features in a number of famous works. Yet for most of the last century, her presence was simply ignored. As the postman ...

When we think of Pre-Raphaelite women, the first vision that comes to mind is probably porcelain skin and flaming auburn hair, the angular face of Jane Morris and the ethereal beauty of Elizabeth ...

EXCLUSIVE: BUFF Studios and Tunji Entertainment are developing a historical drama based on the life of Fanny Eaton, a Jamaican woman who became one of the most popular models in Victorian England and ...

Lashed to the mast of his ship, Odysseus throws back his head, his beard-garlanded chin jutting towards the entrancing singers he strains to join. His men, ears plugged with wax, row on, as oblivious ...

Skip touristy Dublin and head for this lively Irish Medieval city where you'll find rich history, a stunning castle, year-round festivals, and fantastic food.

March 10, 1898 (1988) – Josephine Groves Holloway, organization executive, college registrar, social worker, founded the first unofficial Girl Scout troop for African American girls (1924), worked for ...

Sometimes we forget how to honour our own complexity as humans. We are rarely just one thing at a time. None of us is just a ...

We often learn about the past visually — through oil paintings and sepia photographs, books and buildings, artifacts displayed behind glass. And sometimes we get to touch historical objects or listen ...