New Old Time

View up Ludgate Hill toward St. Paul's Cathedral on a bright sunny day with red double-decker buses and pedestrians in warm golden light

James Bateman and the Golden Age of British Rai...

In the interwar years, British railway companies commissioned some of the finest graphic artists of the age to produce posters that transformed travel into an art form. James Bateman's 1939...

James Bateman and the Golden Age of British Rai...

In the interwar years, British railway companies commissioned some of the finest graphic artists of the age to produce posters that transformed travel into an art form. James Bateman's 1939...

Flock of American flamingos wading in a shallow Florida Keys wetland at golden hour, coral pink plumage glowing in warm sunrise light with mangroves reflected in still water

Audubon and The Birds of America: The Most Ambi...

Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon published The Birds of America — 435 hand-colored aquatint plates in the Double Elephant Folio format, documenting every bird species known in North...

Audubon and The Birds of America: The Most Ambi...

Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon published The Birds of America — 435 hand-colored aquatint plates in the Double Elephant Folio format, documenting every bird species known in North...

Victorian geologist's desk with ammonites, crystals and sedimentary rock specimens beside open leather-bound reference books with geological diagrams, hammer and magnifying glass lit by a Victorian oil lamp

Victorian Earth Science: Geology, Palaeontology...

In the 19th century, geology and palaeontology transformed humanity's understanding of the Earth and its history. Victorian scientists mapped deep time, named the great geological eras, and revealed a planet...

Victorian Earth Science: Geology, Palaeontology...

In the 19th century, geology and palaeontology transformed humanity's understanding of the Earth and its history. Victorian scientists mapped deep time, named the great geological eras, and revealed a planet...

Dutch 19th century floral still life with tulips, hyacinths, narcissus, irises and lilies in a ceramic vase on a dark wooden table, warm golden light in the manner of Dutch Golden Age painting

Arentina Arendsen and the Art of Dutch Botanica...

Arentina Hendrica Arendsen was one of the 19th century's most accomplished botanical still life painters. Working in Haarlem at the height of the Dutch bulb industry, she contributed to Haarlem's...

Arentina Arendsen and the Art of Dutch Botanica...

Arentina Hendrica Arendsen was one of the 19th century's most accomplished botanical still life painters. Working in Haarlem at the height of the Dutch bulb industry, she contributed to Haarlem's...

Botticelli's Birth of Venus painting displayed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, warm ochre walls and parquet floor with museum visitors in soft focus contemplating the Renaissance masterpiece

Simonetta Vespucci: The Beauty That Inspired Bo...

She died at twenty-two, and Botticelli never forgot her. Simonetta Vespucci — the most celebrated beauty of Quattrocento Florence, the beloved of Giuliano de' Medici, the muse who became a...

Simonetta Vespucci: The Beauty That Inspired Bo...

She died at twenty-two, and Botticelli never forgot her. Simonetta Vespucci — the most celebrated beauty of Quattrocento Florence, the beloved of Giuliano de' Medici, the muse who became a...

Antique double-hemisphere world map unrolled on a dark oak table with brass compass, celestial globe, divider and quill in warm candlelight, magnifying glass resting near California shown as an island

The Dutch Golden Age and Amsterdam's Dominance ...

In the 17th century, Amsterdam was the cartographic capital of the world. The great publishing houses of the Dutch Golden Age — Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson, de Wit — produced maps...

The Dutch Golden Age and Amsterdam's Dominance ...

In the 17th century, Amsterdam was the cartographic capital of the world. The great publishing houses of the Dutch Golden Age — Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson, de Wit — produced maps...