By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of life ... While most of the portraits on view at the AGO don’t depict ...

Shelburne Museum, Vermont / Bridgeman Images (2) When William Matthew Prior (1806-1873) painted Nancy Lawson in 1843, the Maine artist relied on familiar signifiers to portray a woman of wealth ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a 'rough man's town' The never before seen photographs show how women of all classes were able to mix for the ...