They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...

A temporary export bar has been placed on a needlework sampler by an 11-year-old 19th century schoolgirl depicting the Menai Bridge in Anglesey. The export bar has been placed on the needlework, which ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Dreweatts’ sale of items from the Leeds and London dealership Tomasso.

More than £24,000 worth of items were stolen from National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset last month. A 1781 silver epergne by Thomas Pitts, a pair of c.1800 French Empire ormolu ...

Christie’s will offer a further 90 Rembrandt prints from the collection of the late Sam Josefowitz next month.

It's been a lively few years for the royal family and artist Rob Pointon has captured key moments which can now be seen in a new exhibition. The first major solo exhibition of Pointon, the show is to ...

A large number of items were withdrawn at Lay’s sale of the Charlestown Shipwreck Museum collection after a last-minute offer from the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) secured 500 lots. The sale ...

A large and historic view of Bilbao in Spain was among the lots bringing competition at a recent sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) in Exeter. Showing an extensive panorama of ...

A trademark painting by Henry Pether (1800-80) attracted significant interest and sold for a solid price at Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine & Decorative Arts sale.

Gallery 1936 is a recently launched online gallery, established by George Richards in October 2024. … ...

While the origins of the game date back over a millennium (early precursors have been traced to the 6th century AD), its popularity in Europe really started to grow in the Medieval period as the game ...

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