New Old Time
The Weaver and the Prince: Alexander Wilson, Ch...
Alexander Wilson was a Scottish weaver who taught himself ornithology and became the father of American bird science. Charles Lucian Bonaparte was Napoleon’s nephew and a prince of the French...
The Weaver and the Prince: Alexander Wilson, Ch...
Alexander Wilson was a Scottish weaver who taught himself ornithology and became the father of American bird science. Charles Lucian Bonaparte was Napoleon’s nephew and a prince of the French...
The Botanist’s Eye: Flora’s Dress, Reduöt’s Ros...
Botticelli’s Flora wears a dress that botanists have spent five centuries trying to identify. Reduöt spent thirty years painting roses with a precision that no camera has ever quite matched....
The Botanist’s Eye: Flora’s Dress, Reduöt’s Ros...
Botticelli’s Flora wears a dress that botanists have spent five centuries trying to identify. Reduöt spent thirty years painting roses with a precision that no camera has ever quite matched....
The Golden Age of the Neighbourhood Bakery: Vic...
In the late 19th century, the neighbourhood bakery was more than a shop — it was the heartbeat of the community, and the art of bread-making was celebrated in advertisements,...
The Golden Age of the Neighbourhood Bakery: Vic...
In the late 19th century, the neighbourhood bakery was more than a shop — it was the heartbeat of the community, and the art of bread-making was celebrated in advertisements,...
Mounted on Grey: Sir Ralph Abercromby, Lord Cat...
In 1798 and 1799, London’s print publishers immortalised two of Britain’s finest cavalry commanders in hand-coloured engravings of extraordinary precision. One portrait now hangs in the Victoria and Albert Museum....
Mounted on Grey: Sir Ralph Abercromby, Lord Cat...
In 1798 and 1799, London’s print publishers immortalised two of Britain’s finest cavalry commanders in hand-coloured engravings of extraordinary precision. One portrait now hangs in the Victoria and Albert Museum....
The Woman Who Watched: Maria Sibylla Merian, Iv...
In 1730, Maria Sibylla Merian gave the hyacinth and the Crown Imperial their most intimate portrait in the history of natural history art. In 1910, Ivan Sytin’s Moscow press gave...
The Woman Who Watched: Maria Sibylla Merian, Iv...
In 1730, Maria Sibylla Merian gave the hyacinth and the Crown Imperial their most intimate portrait in the history of natural history art. In 1910, Ivan Sytin’s Moscow press gave...
The Flower That Almost Disappeared: Clara Maria...
In 1819, Samuel Curtis commissioned artist Clara Maria Pope to document the rarest camellias in Britain. Among them: Middlemist’s Red — a flower so rare that today only two specimens...
The Flower That Almost Disappeared: Clara Maria...
In 1819, Samuel Curtis commissioned artist Clara Maria Pope to document the rarest camellias in Britain. Among them: Middlemist’s Red — a flower so rare that today only two specimens...