The scandal that engulfed the last Brontë sister's death

When Charlotte Brontë died—the last of her massively talented family to succumb to an early death—the press entered a feeding frenzy. A friend and equally famous writer aimed to set the record ...
The National Interest

Hawaii Was the Greenland of the 19th Century

In the late 1890s, naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan made a compelling argument for the United States’ possession of Hawaii. Those interested in the annexation of Greenland might take note. Once upon ...
Monocle

Inside 19th-century mummy mania, when Europe dined with Egypt’s dead

After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade ...
Brownstoner

Parties, Gossip, Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year

Editor’s note: This post has been updated. Read the original post here. For those following the Gregorian calendar, and that’s most of us, that magic moment when the old year ends in the last seconds ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LONG LOOK | OPINION: How one 19th-century painting changed my view of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

When I first visited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art not long after it opened in 2011, I arrived prepared to be unconvinced. The circumstances encouraged it. A major new American art museum, ...
Robb Report

A 19th-Century Manhattan Brownstone With a Modern Twist Can Be Yours for $10 Million

Finally, in 2004, records show the building was acquired for $3.45 million by venture capitalist Dylan Hixon and artist Camomile Hixon, who undertook a comprehensive restoration and update that, ...
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Inside Belgium’s Abandoned 19th-Century Chapel

Built in 1855, this Belgian chapel hides something extraordinary—3D pilgrimage scenes carved directly onto its walls. Abandoned for decades, its haunting beauty still endures. Trump-appointed judge ...
Newsweek

Woman Had ‘Gut Feeling’ 19th Century Desk Harbored Secret—She Was Right

An antique collector had her suspicions confirmed after taking a closer look at a 19th century desk harboring an exciting secret. Victoria, the owner of Peachy Bee Antiques in Kennesaw, Georgia, has ...
Hyperallergic

A No Kings Movement for 19th-Century Art

Jean-François Millet, "The Wood Sawyers" (1850–52), oil on canvas; Victoria and Albert Museum, London (© V&A Images / Victoria and Albert Museum, London) LONDON — How best to paint the scorned, the ...
TechSpot

Man develops rare 19th-century psychiatric disorder after following ChatGPT's diet advice

WTF?! In another example of people putting too much blind faith into what ChatGPT tells them, a man gave himself a psychiatric disorder not commonly seen since the 19th century after taking dietary ...
Phys.org

Research links 19th-century land program to sharp rise in Native American mortality

When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them citizenship, proponents of the Dawes Act argued it would give them greater ...