Time was when Rachel Portesi did much of her photography using Polaroid film. She loved the immediacy of the image, the way each photo was different and often didn’t quite match what her eye had seen, ...
To usher in the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment,Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence reveals the women and organizations often overlooked in the complex ...
The painting is a promised gift to the Baltimore Museum of Art. James Alexander Simpson, Portrait, possibly of Mary Ann Tritt Cassell (ca. 1839). Collection of Dorita Sewell, promised gift on extended ...
Mechanics Hall received a special delivery Monday when the first paining of its Portraits Project arrived. The painting was of 19th-century Black Worcester business owners, abolitionists and husband ...
Intimate portraits painted on a tiny scale first appeared in Europe’s courts in the 16th century. Unlike the grand likenesses displayed in castle halls for all to see, these palm-sized portraits were ...
Like many others, Maurene Cooper shifted her career focus during the pandemic, and she now creates one-of-a-kind Victoria era keepsakes. The Montgomery County artist launched Vanity Tintype in ...
The Countess of Castiglione, a ravishing Italian aristocrat living in 19th-century Paris, both captivated and scandalized the French court. In the 1850s, she was known as the most beautiful woman in ...
Depicting in great detail fiery rashes, scabs resembling igneous rocks, and inflamed skin patterns spread out like archipelagos, the pages of dermatological texts may make your skin crawl. Still, ...
When respected cultural advocate Gloria D. Hall was honored with an arts and humanities award in a ceremony at Mechanics Hall in 2004, she expressed her gratitude and appreciation. Then, looking up ...
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