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The Old Bailey (in 1809) was the venue for more than 100,000 criminal trials between 1674 and 1834, including all death penalty cases.

Digitizing the Hanging Court

Cutpurses! Blackguards! Fallen women! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone with a computer can search all 52 million words
April 2007 | By Guy Gugliotta

Rembrandt van Rijn, master painter of the Golden Age, made this portrait of himself as a young man in 1634. During his lifetime, he painted, etched and drew some 70 self-portraits.

Rembrandt at 400

Astonishing brushwork, wrinkles-and-all honesty, deep compassion. What's the secret of his enduring genius?
December 2006 | By Stephanie Dickey

An Almost Mystical Feeling

Master painter Rembrandt was also a talented draftsman and printmaker
December 2006 | By Stephanie Dickey

The False Step

July 2001 | By Angela Render


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