Archive: Byrdcliffe (Art Colony) Records, c.1869–Early 20th Century.
The Arts and Crafts utopian art community Byrdcliffe was founded in 1902 near Woodstock, New York. The principal founders were Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and his... Read More
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Women of Fiction. Life’s Gilbert Calendar for 1906.
Oversized calendar with tipped on color plates depicting women literary characters by American illustrator and poster artist C. Allan Gilbert. The suite of plates depict... Read More
1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching by Mary Dawson Turner, daughter-in-law, of artist James Turner.
Charles Bridges (1794–1869), theologian and prolific religious author. Here writing to George Richard Corner (1801–1863), antiquary; notifying Corner that Bridges is sending an etching, a.... Read More
![[1875 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Lanman, Author, Explorer, and Artist.]. Charles Lanman, 1819–1895.](/pictures/thumb/3726038_1.jpg?v=1534362327)
[1875 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Lanman, Author, Explorer, and Artist.]
1875 Autograph Letter Signed from Charles Lanman, author, explorer, and artist. Lanman, who worked in various offices of the federal government, studied art under Hudson... Read More
1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver.
Friendly letter, over two full pages from Francis Job Short, about etchings thanking the recipient (a “Mr. White”) for the gift of a book and... Read More
Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst.
Attractive copy of a scarce art pamphlet, a late 19th century German-American imprint from Cincinnati Ohio. This particular example is inscribed by the author; it... Read More
Helen Siegl, Children’s Book Artist, Printmaker, Papermaker. Large 1952 Woodcut Christmas Greeting on Handmade Paper.
An attractive printing effort by Helen K. Siegl, a master printmaker, likely printed up for friends and families as a Christmas keepsake. A 2009 obituary... Read More
Horace Pippin. The Artist and His Work.
A profile by a high school student body of the African-American artist Horace Pippin, local to the students school district in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The... Read More
1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter.
Autograph letter signed from British landscape painter Hugh William Williams (1773–1829) concerning an unspecified proposed publication to be sold by subscription. Williams here writes to... Read More
1825 Autograph Letter Signed from James Stark, English Landscape Painter to George Cooke, Engraver.
An interesting letter from 1825 written by James Stark (1794–1859), a Norwich-born British painter, the son of a Scottish dyer; here beginning his career ascent... Read More
[John Sartain:] Description of West’s Great Picture, Christ Rejected, Now on Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts…
In 1865, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts exhibited American expatriate painter Benjamin West’s monumental oil on canvas Christ Rejected (1814).¹ Taking advantage of its... Read More
1842 Autograph Letter Signed by Engraver John Scott concerning Paintings by Sir William Charles Ross and John Richard Coke Smyth.
Letter transmitting “Ross’ miniature [painting] of the Duchess of Buccleuch” in lieu of “the Drawing of Miss Liddell” and requesting that the likeness be copied... Read More
![Paintings by Franklin K, Schenck 1856 : 1927… [Posthumous Exhibition Catalogue for a Thomas Eakins Pupil]. Macbeth Gallery, Edward Arlington Robinson.](/pictures/thumb/3726758_1.jpg?v=1534362464)
Paintings by Franklin K, Schenck 1856 : 1927… [Posthumous Exhibition Catalogue for a Thomas Eakins Pupil]
A small exhibition catalogue for the paintings by artist Franklin L. Schenck (1867–1927) at Macbeth Gallery in Manhattan. Schenck was an American artist who spent... Read More
[Women Sculptors & Race] Malvina Hoffman.
Invitation to the January 30, 1934 sculpture exhibition “The Races of Man” by Malvina Hoffman held at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York... Read More
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist.
First edition of this first biographical study of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is... Read More
The Artist’s Year. Original and Selected Poems of the Month.
Accomplished wood engravings by Arthur Quartley, J.W. Casilear, J.R. Brevoort, R.M. Shurtleff, Julia Dillon, David Johnson, James M. Hart, H. Bolton Jones, Thomas Moran, R.... Read More
[1888 Autograph Letter Signed by American Artist Newbold Hough Trotter (1827–1898)].
Brief letter of invitation to a house party in suburban Philadelphia by artist Newbold Hough Trotter (1827–1898). “Newbold Hough Trotter was a lifelong resident of... Read More
The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy].
World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New... Read More
Incoming Correspondence to Frederick William Fairholt (1813–1866), English Artist and Wood Engraver.
Three autograph letters signed sent to 19th century English artist, antiquary, and wood engraver Frederich William Fairholt. Each letter refers specifically to Fairholt’s work as... Read More
1853 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Richard Rothwell, Anglo-Irish Portrait and Genre Painter.
Two letters by Richard Rothwell concerning the exhibition of his paintings in Dublin and Brussels. Richard Rothwell (1800–1868) was an Anglo-Irish portrait and genre painter... Read More
Brief Autograph Note Signed from Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), Painter, Writer, Diplomat.
Autograph note signed in the third person by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842) to a Dr. Smith, summoning him to attend upon an ill servant... Read More
Transformers.
On a large sheet of paper, a small drawing focuses the eye and draws in the viewer. Sketched in charcoal, and with added highlights in... Read More
The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the Woman’s Club.
Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted... Read More
1851 Autograph Letter Signed by William Charles Ross, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria.
Autograph letter signed from artist Sir William Charles Ross (1794–1860) in Scotland writing to his friend in Paris, the painter and printmaker Henri Berthoud (c.1800–1864)... Read More
Autograph Letter Signed by William Henry Simmons, English Mezzotint Engraver.
Transmitting proof engraving (not present) of Scottish artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton’s painting Mors Janua Vitae (1866) and thanking the recipient, Jabez Hogg Esq., for... Read More