It is probably fair to say that among the first things you might think of in relation to Jane Austen would be a glamorous event, usually involving dancing, at a well-appointed English country house.

The dwelling was extended substantially in the eighteenth century to include the study, the entrance hallway and a bedroom with sash windows and neat cast iron fireplaces. In the nineteenth ...

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This illustrious early 18th century provenance makes it – along with its pendant of the Grand Canal – the earliest recorded work by the Venetian master to be hung in an English house, predating King ...

A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Donald Trump’s invocation of it was ...

Her hairstyle, soon to be copied by nearly all ladies of fashion of the day, was also inspired by Greek statues, and even the French tossed out their massive wigs to achieve Lady Hamilton’s new look.

(Photo: Devendra Fadnavis/X) The Maharashtra government has purchased the historic sword of 18th-century Maratha general Raghuji Bhonsle for Rs 47.15 lakh at an auction in London, Chief Minister ...

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Here’s some fruit for thought. A resurfaced video has reintroduced an easy food storage technique that has proven effective at keeping produce ripe for months since the 1700s. The clip appears ...

(AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of ...

The 18th-century French general’s sword, made of gilded silver and featuring a shank made of shark skin, is going up for auction and is expected to sell for around $1.1 million.

8 x 7 1/4 x 4 in. (20.3 x 18.4 x 10.2 cm.) ...