September Roundup! Needlework and Fashion in the 18th Century
This month’s roundup features primary sources related to fiber arts and clothing manufacture in the 18th century. From sourcing the […]
This month’s roundup features primary sources related to fiber arts and clothing manufacture in the 18th century. From sourcing the […]
Did you know that on 18thConnect, you can not only search the local database, but also the NINES (Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-Century Electronic Scholarship) […]
This month, we will be collecting objects focused around Halloween and the traditions that surround it. Today’s post focuses on […]
Celebrate female friendship this week by investigating the friendship book of Anne Wagner, or the Anne Wagner album, 1795-1834. (Also […]
Inspired by the oncoming summer heat waves, this week’s image is a hand-colored cartoon etching by Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811), a British […]
The History of Green and St. Patrick’s Day by Taylor Phillips St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17th with […]
This week’s image is pulled from the New York Public Library and is a portrait of the actress, Frances Abington. […]
This week’s image shows how the myth of “sasquatch-like” habitants in the Patagonia region continued to live on during the […]
Today’s picture comes from the New York Public Library Gallery and features Francis Marion, a military officer who served […]
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) created this drawing and watercolor picture, “Death in the Dissecting Room,” as well as similar others depicting […]