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19C Women Playing Tennis
Otto Henry Bacher (American painter, 1856–1909) Portrait of Mary HollandGeorge Goodwin Kilburne (English painter, 1839-1924) A Game of TennisFrancis Sydney Muschamp (British artist, 1851-1929) A Game...
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19C American Women & Families by Noah North 1809-1880
Noah North (1809-1880) Elizabeth Darrow of Holley, New York.Noah North (American painter, 1809-1880) Unknown Lady in Elaborate Lace BonnetBorn in Alexander, New York, Noah North was a relatively...
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Kitty Knight 1775-1855 - Eastern Shore Heroine in War of 1812
.Article from The Salisbury Times (now called The Delmarva Times), Salisbury, Maryland - December 1, 1958 from the Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.On the banks of the Eastern...
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Girl or Angel? - Folk Artist Joseph Whiting Stock (1815-1855)
Joseph Whiting Stock (1815-1855)
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Off to Paris - American Richard Miller (1875–1943) Painting for the Home Crowd
.Richard Edward or Emil Miller (1875-1943) ) Woman with UmbrellaAn American artist who was able to combine all of the elements of Impressionism into purely American paintings was Richard (Edward or...
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A Few Words on Making Soup in 1855 America
Godey’s Lady’s Book, February, 1855, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaA Few Words On Soup“THE researches of Liebig offer a simple and convenient method of preparing, in a few minutes, a broth of the highest...
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Two Paintings about 19th-Century Morals by American Artist Alice Barber...
.Alice Barber Stephens (American artist, 1858–1932) The Women's Life Painting Class in Pennsylvania 1879 (For Women Only)Alice Barber Stephens (American artist, 1858–1932) Church Scene with Worshippers...
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Off to Japan - American Artists Paint Japonisme Fans
Just a few American painters including fans in their portraits.Cephas Giovanni Thompson (1809 – 1888) Young Lady in a Blue DressDe Scott Evans (1847 – 1898) The ConnoisseurEdwin Howland Blashfield...
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American Plant Collector Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (1812-1878)
Plant Collector Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (1812-1878)Elizabeth E. Atwater (born in Norwich, Vermont) started her education in Norwich until she was fourteen, and then attended the distinguished women’s...
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Cooking Eggs in 19C America
Godey’s Lady’s Book, October, 1889Household Department: A Chapter on EggsEdited By Mrs. I.D. Hope, Teacher of Cookery in the Public Schools of New York.Eggs are very nutritious and contain about as...
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Betsy Ross House As It Appeared in Late-19C Philadelphia
Caption on this stereo card reads: Birthplace of Old Glory, Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright, 1909, by Stereo-Travel Co.
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Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia in 1895
.Godey’s Lady’s Book of July, 1895, Reported on Philadelphia's Betsy Ross HouseThe Stars and Stripes -- Betsy Ross HouseOn Arch Street, below Third, in Philadelphia, there nestles between the towering...
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The Japonisme Effect on 19C American Fashion
Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (1840 – 1896) The Japanese LadyArvid Nyholm (1866 – 1927) Young Woman in KimonoHelen Maria Turner (1858 – 1958) Girl With LanternJoseph Rodefer DeCamp (1858 – 1923) The Blue...
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19C American Botanist Maria Louisa Tallant Owen (1825-1912)
Maria Louisa Tallant Owen was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. She was born in 1825, to Nancy Coffin Tallant and...
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19C Climate Change - 1868 Earthquakes and Tidal Waves Affect California
Earthquakes and Tidal Waves - 1868Later and fuller details are every day increasing the interest with which scientific observers regard the recent earthquakes and tidal disturbances, and confirming our...
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Sunday wasn't for Shopping, it was for Visiting
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Sunday Afternoon 1900Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at...
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Spinning Jenny
.Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Spinning Jenny 1874Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at an...
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Chatting on Sunday while a very Patient Horse Waits
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Stopping for a ChatEdward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at an...
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The Inevitable - An Accident
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) The Latest Village Scandal 1885Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New...
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