Women’s travelogues from the 19th century are a grim reminder that the basic freedom and dignity they hoped for remains ...

The raw sewage in England's rivers and seas is not just a story of corporate failure. It's also a legacy of Victorian sewers—impressive and high-tech in their day, but with inequality and exploitation ...

London – A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, A Reception in the Harem by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, leads Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings ...

A nearly 12,000-square-foot London home dating to the early 1880s hit the market Friday with a guide price of £35 million (US$47.45 million). The Queen Anne-style mansion, which is on the market for ...

Orientalist Masterpiece by Osman Hamdi Bey to Come to Auction at Bonhams London – Cami Kapisinda (At the Mosque Door), a major work by Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) leads Bonhams' 19th Century Paintings ...