The contenders are Thomas Gainsborough's 18th-century painting Blue Boy and Kehinde Wiley's very 21st-century Portrait of a Young Gentleman. The two young men are sportily dressed and look ...

THE eighteenth century gave birth to some remarkably interesting ... In science, the Midland men of fame include Joseph Priestley and Erasmus Darwin. The spirit of inquiry of the age, with its ...

"Through literature, dress, and portraiture, these men used the visual codes of ... one interpretation of these 18th-century portraits of Black individuals sees them as a record of their lives ...

A portrait by one of the 18th century's best artists is expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction. The artwork was created in 1766 by Sir Joshua Reynolds and is of a woman called Letitia Sparrow.

The restoration brought out details including the expressions on the faces of the men in the background ... the leading English portrait painter of the 18th century, was “notoriously difficult ...

The four portraits of the Quayle family includes the 18th Century politician who was famous for owning the world's oldest yacht, the Peggy. Manx National Heritage (MNH) acquired the collection at ...

In a bid to expand its holding of historical art by women, Luxembourg’s National Museum of History and Art has acquired three works by the 18th century French portrait painter Monique Daniche.