LONDON.- A new display at the National Portrait Gallery marks the centenary of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert’s death in 1911. Gilbert alongside Sir Arthur Sullivan made up the famous partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan that revolutionized Victorian…
Six Works Vie for Coveted Fourth Plinth Spot in Trafalgar Square
LONDON (AP).- A cake made from bricks and a big blue bird are among six artworks unveiled Thursday as finalists for a coveted place alongside Adm. Horatio Nelson in London’s Trafalgar Square. The square’s “fourth plinth” is one of the city’s major show…
Six Works Vie for Coveted Fourth Plinth Spot in Trafalgar Square
LONDON (AP).- A cake made from bricks and a big blue bird are among six artworks unveiled Thursday as finalists for a coveted place alongside Adm. Horatio Nelson in London’s Trafalgar Square. The square’s “fourth plinth” is one of the city’s major show…
Important Early Photographs of Yokohama by Father of Photo Journalism for Sale
LONDON.- Fascinating and historically important early photographs of the Japanese city of Yokohama in the 1860s by the renowned Italian/British father of photojournalism, Felice Beato, are to be offered at Bonhams India and Beyond sale in London on 5 O…
Important Early Photographs of Yokohama by Father of Photo Journalism for Sale
LONDON.- Fascinating and historically important early photographs of the Japanese city of Yokohama in the 1860s by the renowned Italian/British father of photojournalism, Felice Beato, are to be offered at Bonhams India and Beyond sale in London on 5 O…
Relic from Darwin’s Epic Beagle Voyage for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A very rare signed scrimshawed whale’s tooth from Charles Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle, 1832-36, (£30,000-50,000) is one of the most intriguing items in the forthcoming Travel and Exploration sale at Bonhams on 15 September. It belonged to P…
Ship Lost for More than 150 Years is Recovered in Canada
TORONTO (AP).- Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday…