It was one of Joseph Sorger's last wishes to have his estate sold at auction at Freeman's, a venue at which he had procured much of his collection.

Earlier this month, a long-lost sculpture by French artist Camille Claudel was sold ... Created towards the end of the 19th century, the bronze work was inspired by Claudel’s painful break ...

“Greenwich Mean Time was established in 1884, in no small part because of train travel,” says Hunter, a specialist in 19th-century French art who researches theories of time, among other subjects.