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She began her collection of 19th century photographs in the 1980s after ... She died in 2021 and her collection was acquired ...
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In 19th-century England, medical students could only legally dissect the bodies of murderers. But the demand for cadavers was high—and an illicit industry was born. Resurrectionists, like these ...
DEVENTER, Netherlands — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.
Some of the oldest landscape photographs of England have been acquired by Historic England, providing a glimpse into the country in the 19th century. More than 8,000 photos that depict English ...