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 about Women of Fiction. Life’s Gilbert Calendar for 1906
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 about 1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching by Mary...
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 about 1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver
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 about Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst
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 about Helen Siegl, Children’s Book Artist, Printmaker, Papermaker. Large 1952 Woodcut Christmas...
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 about Horace Pippin. The Artist and His Work
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 about 1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter
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 about 1825 Autograph Letter Signed from James Stark, English Landscape Painter to George Cooke, Engraver
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 about 1842 Autograph Letter Signed by Engraver John Scott concerning Paintings by Sir William Charles...
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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 about Women Sculptors & Race] Malvina Hoffman
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 about Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist
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 about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
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 about Incoming Correspondence to Frederick William Fairholt (1813–1866), English Artist and Wood...
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 about 1853 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Richard Rothwell, Anglo-Irish Portrait and Genre Painter
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 about Brief Autograph Note Signed from Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), Painter, Writer, Diplomat
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 about Transformers
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 about The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the...
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 about 1851 Autograph Letter Signed by William Charles Ross, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria
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 about Autograph Letter Signed by William Henry Simmons, English Mezzotint Engraver
Twenty-seven portraits of idealized black Americans, one a self portrait of Cooper himself. Each portrait is displayed full-page in black-and-white, reproduced from the original artwork..... Read More about A Portrayal of Negro Life
