Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.
Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Landscapes of Antarctica painted by Englishman Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912). Along with painting watercolors he was also a physician and polar explorer. Going out to the South Pole with Shackleton, he was one of those who perished on Scott’s failed expedition.
Portraits of 18th century gentlemen all wearing red. Painted by Italian artist Pompeo Batoni. Living from 1708 to 1787, having him paint your portrait was a prized event for those making a Grand Tour.
Time travel back and visit some of the wonders from the Crystal Palace exposition of 1851. A selection of engraved plates from “John Tallis’s history and description of the Crystal Palace and the exhibition of the world’s industry in 1851.” Collections of the University of Heidelberg.
More lithographs of the beauty that became America’s West, plates from the United States Army Corps of Engineers 1848 work “Notes of a military reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers.” C. B. Graham, lithographer.
People out and about and doing things of an interesting kind. French. Paul Sérusier, painter. Living from 1864 to 1927, he studied at the Académie Julian and was mentored by Gauguin. Part of the Les Nabis group. Post-Impressionist.
Designs for badges all with animal motifs by Arts and Crafts era creative Charles Voysey who lived from 1857 to 1941. Starting out as an architect, Voysey designed all sorts of things. These designs all being from the collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Images of birds, plates from “The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during the years 1832-1836” which was written by Charles Darwin and published in London in 1838. The final artwork by various artist naturalists. Thinking that Darwin could draw but not like that.
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