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From Leipzig to Stockholm: Two Centuries of Sci...
In 1894, the Leipzig encyclopedist F.A. Brockhaus published a chromolithograph of nine frog and toad species that was among the finest examples of Victorian scientific illustration. In 1950, a Swedish...
From Leipzig to Stockholm: Two Centuries of Sci...
In 1894, the Leipzig encyclopedist F.A. Brockhaus published a chromolithograph of nine frog and toad species that was among the finest examples of Victorian scientific illustration. In 1950, a Swedish...
The Art of Walking: Flânerie, the Travel Journa...
The flâneur — the urban stroller, the observer of city life, the collector of impressions — is one of the great figures of modern culture, and Paris is their natural...
The Art of Walking: Flânerie, the Travel Journa...
The flâneur — the urban stroller, the observer of city life, the collector of impressions — is one of the great figures of modern culture, and Paris is their natural...
The Scale of the World: How the Victorians Mapp...
In 1850, the London cartographer John Emslie produced a comparative chart of the world's mountains and volcanoes for the publisher James Reynolds. In a single image, it placed Ben Nevis...
The Scale of the World: How the Victorians Mapp...
In 1850, the London cartographer John Emslie produced a comparative chart of the world's mountains and volcanoes for the publisher James Reynolds. In a single image, it placed Ben Nevis...
The Chess Players: Gustav Wentzel and the Bohem...
In 1886, the Norwegian painter Gustav Wentzel completed a small oil painting of two men playing chess in a bohemian interior. The painting — known as Sjakkspillere, or The Chess...
The Chess Players: Gustav Wentzel and the Bohem...
In 1886, the Norwegian painter Gustav Wentzel completed a small oil painting of two men playing chess in a bohemian interior. The painting — known as Sjakkspillere, or The Chess...
The Victorian Cheese Board: Stilton, Roquefort,...
In Victorian England, the cheese board was not an afterthought — it was a social ritual, a mark of domestic refinement, and a demonstration of the hostess's knowledge of European...
The Victorian Cheese Board: Stilton, Roquefort,...
In Victorian England, the cheese board was not an afterthought — it was a social ritual, a mark of domestic refinement, and a demonstration of the hostess's knowledge of European...
The Mushroom Hunters: Victorian Mycology and th...
In the nineteenth century, the mushroom moved from the margins of natural history to the centre of scientific attention. Mycology — the study of fungi — became a discipline, foraging...
The Mushroom Hunters: Victorian Mycology and th...
In the nineteenth century, the mushroom moved from the margins of natural history to the centre of scientific attention. Mycology — the study of fungi — became a discipline, foraging...