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An 1878-9 oil on canvas, Woman Reading in the Garden, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

An 1897 oil on canvas, Breakfast in Bed, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Huntingdon Library and Art Gallery, San Marino)

An 1890 oil on canvas, Young Mother Sewing, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

An 1873 oil on canvas, Offering the Panel to the Bullfighter, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA)

A c. 1880 oil on canvas, The Cup of Tea, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Keen to capture everyday life, the model here is the artist's sister Lydia. This work was selected by Cassatt to be shown in the Sixth...

An 1878 oil on canvas, A Portrait of the Artist, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. One of only two self-portraits by the artist. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Mauryan empire, the first pan-Indian empire that covered most of India and parts of present-day Iran. Chandragupta Maurya, the first ruler, seized the opportunity created by the power vacuum...

An 1874 oil on canvas painting, Monet Painting in His Studio Boat, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Claude Monet (1840-1926) took the impressionist ideal of painting outdoors one step further and built himself a floating...

An 1870 oil on canvas, Bazille's Studio, by Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), the French impressionist painter. The impressionists used their own studios to show works to their friends. Here in Bazille's studio, Edouard Manet (1832-1883), holding...

An 1880 oil on canvas, A Woman in Black at the Opera, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Female impressionists like Cassatt had a different choice of subject than their male counterparts, often focussing on feminine...