Gallery walls can be such a showstopping feature in a home. They gather major parts of the homeowner's personality into one ...

Comfort and luxury most typical of the Victorian era are spotted everywhere as collectors and antique fanciers stroll through Leslie Howard Gallery, 10349 S. Western Ave., in Chicago. Browsers rare… ...

In view of the gallery's history, it all sounded more fantasy than a reality. When Watts died in 1904 it was run by his widow, Mary. Until her death in 1938 everything went on much as before.

Using a Victorian catalogue of the gallery, it’s possible to see just how accurately Gabrielli captured his subject. There, by the door, is Saint Roche by Paolo Morando (1518).

The Victorians invented and eulogised childhood, so we see a procession of children, including the inspirational Alice of Alice in Wonderland and her siblings, bathed in a kind of wondering innocence ...

The status of the painting is as ambiguous as its origins. It is on loan to the National Gallery from the Government Art Collection and, at present, is inaccessible to the public. Like almost 2,000 ...