In 1890, the public was enamored with the newly-constructed Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was completed the previous year. The English were keen to out-do the French, however, and wanted to claim the title of the world’s tallest building for themselves.

The great legends of Hollywood are remembered as much for their work as their often sensational personal lives.

Although remembered today almost solely for that one work, William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915) made significant contributions to other areas of American commercial art.

We are starting this year with a edition of William Paul Gottlieb's classic photographs of the leading performers of the "Golden Age of Jazz".

George Ford Morris, (1873 - 1960) was the foremost American equestrian artist of his time.

Art Nouveau conquered design in the 1890s, reshaping the decorative arts with its sensuous interpretations of natural forms.

William Morris is best known as the 19th century's most celebrated designer, but he was also a driven polymath who spent much of his life fighting the consensus.