Art and Architecture, mainly

Known as the Father of British Landscape Architecture, Lancelot Cap­ab­ility Brown (1716-83) started life as an estate worker's son. Th...

François Marie Arouet (1694-1778) was the son of a treas­ury of­ficial. In 1704, soon after his mother’s death, Arouet was sent to the Jesui...

The C17th  fur trade became a major commercial growth in Nth Am­erica , due to Eur­ope’s dem­and for beaver hats. Two French trad­ers pl­a...

facade of Joanine Library, University of Coimbra established 1717 Wiki One of the primary functions of libraries was to protect books from ...

Picnics were the very epitome of innocent pastoral delight, but allow Alexander Lee  to give us the history of this form of fun. Then I will...

As well as individual achievements, the Sharp family  functioned collectively. The son of an arch­deac­on, William Sharp (1729-1810) lived ...

Until she was 16, Maria Anna Mozart (1751-1829) shared equal billing with her brother Wolfgang Mozart (1756-91), 5 years younger. Musical ...

Bateman home and workshop 107 Bunhill Row Islington, London Wo­men had long operated successful businesses in the early English gold­smith­i...