Parade. Queen Victoria ruled over the United Kingdom for the majority of the 19th century and was a mother to nine children.

James didn't mind. He was busy making art and getting admired. Jennifer Thompson quotes a well-known 19th-century poet, playwright and wit's comment on the great attention-loving painter.

Running through Nov. 30, the Norton's "Veiled Presence" focuses on the "hidden mother" style of photography that was popular during the 19th century. A Norton Museum of Art exhibition explores the ...

Valuing the mother-child bond Modern viewers often assume that 19th-century customs consigned mothering to the margins. But I argue that this is a projection of ahistorical ideas.

The painting known as "Whistler's Mother" is on display in Philadelphia for the first time in nearly 150 years. It's one of the best-known paintings in the world — and it has a backstory.