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The World’s Richest Man in the First Half of the 19th Century Was a Chinese Merchant Who Lent Money to American Millionaires
If we asked who the wealthiest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, many would likely think of ...
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See How Modern Artists Obsessed With Death and Darkness Looked to Medieval Gothic Artworks for Inspiration
A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...
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19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change
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Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...
How pioneering Black liberals battled Thomas Jefferson's "Dark Age"
A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “ American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism ,” lays ...
'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...
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Audrey Sands Appointed Associate Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums announced today the appointment of Audrey Sands as the Richard L. Menschel Associate Curator of ...
US election: How donkeys and elephants became symbols of Democrats and Republicans
The donkey and elephant, representing Democrats and Republicans, owe their iconic status to 19th-century cartoonist ...
Las Vegas Sun11d
Political memorabilia are ‘little works of art’ as well as American history
“It’s kind of a combination for most of us of collecting, not just history and things that are historically significant, that ...
si.edu13d
The Art of Coins
President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...
History's Headlines: Lancaster's Charles Demuth
One of the most significant figures in early 20th century American art drew inspiration from the Pennsylvania he knew.
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A century of trauma at U.S. boarding schools for Native American children
As a writer and activist, she spent her life fighting for Native American rights ... settlers flooded into the western U.S. in the mid 19th century, forced assimilation became a federal priority.