19th century american art

painter, bohemian Gladys Wiles.. around 1910

The Sketcher, A Portrait of Mlle Rosina, a Jewess, Oil Painting by American Artist Daniel Huntington - 1858

Compare early 20th-century menswear ads, and discover why the fashion industry made drastic changes in the 1920s.

2010. Oil on linen. 35.6 x 45.7 cms | 14 x 18 ins. Private collection,

Charles Edward Chambers

All rights to owner

Patriotic Americana Naive Folk Art Drawing of George Washington on Horseback1850s

Tod Lindenmuth (American, 1885–1976), Gulls and the Fishing Fleet, 1920, color woodblock print on off-white laid Japanese paper, 15-1/8 x 12 in. (image); 18 x 15-3/4 in. (sheet). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of John P. Antonelli in honor of his nephew, Stan T. Antonelli III, 2011.264. Copyright Not Evaluated.

John Mortlock of Cambridge and Abington Hall, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, by John Downman, 1779, private collection

Dapper Gentleman

National Portrait Gallery, London

The women in this portrait were Bessie (left) & Clara Stillman, sisters of the financier James Stillman. One of my all time favs, it astonishes me every time I see it.

Françoise Mouly and Genevieve Bormes on Ruth Marten’s “Fountains & Alligators,” a collection of altered nineteenth-century French prints.

Francis Grant Scottish (1803–1878)

John Philip Simpson - The Captive Slave