Shelburne Museum, Vermont / Bridgeman Images (2) When William Matthew Prior (1806-1873) painted Nancy Lawson in 1843, the Maine artist relied on familiar signifiers to portray a woman of wealth ...

Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian ... Goodridge was one of the most important African American photographers of the 19th century, who, along with James P. Ball of Cincinnati ...

The Maillets began buying daguerreotypes in the 1960s and their 200-strong collection spans the full history and evolution of ...