The dapper man in this photo of demonstrating a bicep curl machine from the 1890s. This was one of the many fitness machines invented by Dr. Jonas Gustav Vilhelm Zander (29 March 1835 – 17 June 1920), a Swedish physician. The Victorian Era was an age of innovation, and exercise and gym equipment...

Charles Edward Perugini was an Italian-born British painter of the Victorian era. Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to 17. He trained in Italy under Giuseppe Bonolis and Giuseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863.

Edmund Blair Leighton was an British painter of historical genre scenes, specializing in Regency and medieval subjects. Leighton was a fastidious craftsman, producing highly finished, decorative pictures, displaying romanticized scenes with a popular appeal. It would appear that he left no diaries, and though he exhibited at the Royal Academy for over forty years, he was never an Academician or an Associate.

Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton, also called (1886-96) Sir Frederic Leighton, Baronet (born Dec. 3, 1830, Scarborough, Yorkshire, Eng.-died Jan. 25, 1896, London), academic painter of immense prestige in his own time.

Charles Edward Perugini was an Italian-born British painter of the Victorian era. Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to 17. He trained in Italy under Giuseppe Bonolis and Giuseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863.

Charles Edward Perugini was an Italian-born British painter of the Victorian era. Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to 17. He trained in Italy under Giuseppe Bonolis and Giuseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863.

Victorians were avid readers. Just as we bury our faces in our mobile devices on the morning commute, so too did Victorians with the latest penny fiction. The increased literacy rate from schooling, cheaper production, and broader

The time has come to again work on short stories for the next Authors’ Tale anthology, Ink Dreams. I have a paranormal ready to work on, but I needed to have a historical fiction. How could I…

Thy Industrial Revolution in Scotland was the transition to new manufacturing processes and economic expansion between the mid-eighteenth century and the late nineteenth century. By the start of the eighteenth century, a political union between Scotland and England became politically and economically attractive, promising to open up the much larger markets of England, as well as those of the growing British Empire, resulting in the Treaty of Union of 1707. There was a conscious attempt among the gentry and nobility to improve agriculture in Scotland. New crops were introduced and enclosures began to displace the run rig system and free pasture. The economic benefits of union were very slow to appear, some progress was visible, such as the sales of linen and cattle to England, the cash flows from military service, and the tobacco trade that was dominated by Glasgow after 1740. Merchants who profited from the American trade began investing in leather, textiles, iron, coal, sugar, rope, sailcloth, glass-works, breweries, and soap-works, setting the foundations for the city's emergence as a leading industrial center after 1815.

Last night I needed some information on Mid-Victorian era terms for menstrual hygiene for my book Frail, so I did a few quick searches in Google Books, filtering between the years 1800 through 1880…

Do you ever get tired of modern, simulated life? Are you giving the Decades Challenge a try? Or are you just someone with an affinity for past styles? If any of the above describes you, you’re in luck.

Charles Edward Perugini was an Italian-born British painter of the Victorian era. Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to 17. He trained in Italy under Giuseppe Bonolis and Giuseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863.

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! People became enamored with the physical effects of contracting the illness. Pale skin, thin waists, and flushed cheeks were seen as quite desirable. Source: How Tuberculosis Influenced Victorian Fashion

Fans of Breaking Bad are excited and curious to see Dean Norris, who played Hank Schrader in the AMC show, take on the role of Benjamin Franklin in the new History channel miniseries Sons of Liberty. The show will reportedly focus on the founding fathers of the United States of America, but with a particular […]

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As a new play about Boulton opens in London, we spotlight the trailblazing life and legacy of the cross-dressing thespian

Charles Edward Perugini was an Italian-born British painter of the Victorian era. Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to 17. He trained in Italy under Giuseppe Bonolis and Giuseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863.

The famous queen's genetic legacy has shaped the royal houses of Europe.

I first came across this photograph in a history of 19th century costume. It’s been widely published in print and online so you may well be familiar with it. The author in that book said that the w…

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While not common, wattle and daub houses did not have to be whitewashed. Wattle and daub were a fairly inexpensive way to build homes from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The walls between the large timbers of a structure were made of wattle (sticks woven in a loose pattern) and daub (a mixture of mud, straw and animal manure that was packed onto the wattle) then covered in plaster. The upper story of the house to the right is a traditional style while those to the left have more wood detailing for decorative rather than structural reasons. The Elizabethan Era was the high design point for wattle and daub buildings as by the end of her reign brick became the favored building material in England. The sagging is a common aspect of many two or more-story wattle and daub structures. All these houses are in Ludlow, UK whose castle (to the left of the photo) was a major structure on the border with Wales and retained its importance until the late 17th century.

Coachman at Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire, 1902. A coachman in a top hat poses next to a carriage in the stable yard at Farnborough Hall.