PBS

More on 18th-Century British Trade and Colonialism in Asia

What was the British connection to an embroidered "Mughal textile" crafted in India in the early 18th century? The early 18th-century embroidered silk and linen textile a guest named Kitty brought to ...
Cleveland.com

Cleveland Museum of Art acquires masterful portrayal of 18th-century English high life

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It could be a scene out of Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding or Masterpiece Theater on PBS. The newest round of acquisitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art includes “The Dutton Family in ...
Mansion Global

18th-Century Manor With Turrets and Towers Lists in the South of England

A piece of 18th-century English architectural history has come on the market for the first time in 25 years for an asking price of £6.25 million (US$8.2 million). The 120-acre estate on the border of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 18th-Century Sketch by a Renowned English Portraitist Was Hiding in a Dumpster in New York

Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish. “When I first ...
Hyperallergic

Timely Lessons From 18th-Century British Printmaking

Often, when I see that a book comes directly out of a dissertation, there’s a sinking feeling that it may be arcane and academic in the extreme. The kind of book that’s filled with jargon and overly ...
Artnet

18th-Century Drawing Rescued From a Dumpster Shatters Estimates at Auction

One lucky antiques enthusiast was in for the shock of a lifetime when they last went dumpster diving. Rifling through the trash in Hudson, New York last year, they chanced upon a discarded pen and ink ...
Hyperallergic

The 18th-century English Craze for One-Eyed Portraits

Gold oval brooch with a band of diamonds within a blue glass guilloche border surrounded by white enamel (1890). Lady’s blue right eye with dark brow (all images from Lover’s Eyes: Eye Miniatures from ...