Born in Somerset, England, in 1784 without arms or legs, by the age of ten, Sarah Biffin had taught herself to paint, write and sew using her mouth. By 13, she was earning £5 a year demonstrating her ...

An undated view of the Seven Hills of Bonn by Josephine Butler, who campaigned for sex workers' rights and pushed Parliament to raise the age of consent Courtesy of Ewbank's Auctions Josephine Butler ...

You are in: Guernsey > History > Local History > Pre-Victorian Watercolours There is something fishy at Guernsey Museum's store as we learn about some watercolour paintings of fish from before the ...

It was commissioned by a kindly Victorian vicar to portray his beloved aunt, a woman he described like this: "She was very attractive; her figure was rather tall and slender, her step light and firm, ...

Historically, watercolour has been perceived as the medium of the dabbling amateur. Children, ladies and gentlemen of leisure have all been drawn to its cheapness, speed and apparent ease. Its ...

1861: View of Westminster and Hungerford Bridge from Savoy Wharf. By John Wykeham Archer. © Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cows in Hyde ...

Unusually well-lit (mercifully too), there are now in Tate Britain's subterranean gallery some wonderful watercolours, ranging over the three centuries that separate Anthony Van Dyck in c.1640 from ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...