In the case of Washington, there were even sporadic debates through much of the nineteenth century over which portrait had most accurately recorded him for posterity. It is no surprise, then, that ...

displays a dignity rarely allowed African subjects in 19th century art. The half-length portrait shows Jones in his ecclesiastical robes, with Bible in hand. Its style is simple; yet it is ...

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The BBC's Diane Cole reports on an exhibition of 19th-century paintings believed to depict the early signs of climate change introduced ...