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Gilbert Stuart

On August 12, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, december 3

Gilbert Stuart, American painter, December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828

Self-portrait, circa 1778 Oil on canvas, 16.7 x 12.7 in // Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island

Horatio Gates, ca. 1793–94 Oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 35 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Colonel Isaac Barré, 1785 Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 27 3/4 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Portrait of Joseph Brant, 1785 Oil on canvas, 31.6 x 27.6 in // British Museum, London

Sarah Siddons, 1787 Oil on canvas, 29.4 x 24.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Robert Livingston, 1793-1794 Oil on canvas, 35.9 x 28.2 in // Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, New York

Catherine Brass Yates, 1793 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 25.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of John Jay, 1794 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 40.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Bayard, 1794 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 27.1 in // Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Colonel James Swan, 1795 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Abigail Smith Adams, between 1810 and 1815 Oil on canvas, 28.8 x 23.5 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

John Adams, circa 1800/1815 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Major-General Henry Dearborn, 1812 Oil on panel, 28.1 x 22.4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

William Blake

On August 7, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, november 28

William Blake, English artist, November 28, 1757-August 12, 1827

The Ancient of Days, 1794 Colour relief etching and white-line etching in blue, black, red and yellow; with added hand colouring

The Inscription over the Gate, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in // Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve, circa 1826 Tempera, gold and mahogany wood, 17 x 12.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

Watercolor Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost, 1807

William Blake, Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

William Blake, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in // The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805 Pen and watercolor, 15.7 × 14 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Blake, The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, circa 1803 Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 17.2 x 13.7 in // Brooklyn Museum

Mirth, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

William Blake, Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in // Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

William Blake, Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in Tate Gallery, London

Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Job's Comforters, 1805 Pen and black ink, gray wash, and watercolour, over traces of graphite The Morgan Library, New York

David Delivered out of Many Waters, c.1805 Ink and watercolour on paper, 16.3 x 13.7 in // Tate Gallery

Cerberus, Part of Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 14.6 x 20.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in // The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Jacob's Ladder, 1805 Pen and ink and water color, 14.5 x 11.4 in // British Museum, London

Newton, circa 1804-05 Monotype print, 18.1 x 23.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Last Trumpet, 1780–85 Pen and ink, 8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

William Blake, The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

William Blake, ‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in Tate Gallery, London

‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in // Tate Gallery, London

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The Canterbury Pilgrims, c 1810-1820 Etching and engraving, 13.9 x 37 in British Museum, London

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Merritt Chase

On July 12, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, november 1

William Merritt Chase, American painter, November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916

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Afternoon by the Sea (Gravesend Bay), ca 1888 Pastel on linen

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William Merritt Chase, Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883

Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883 Oil on canvas Unknown location

End of the Season, c. 1885 Pastel on paper, 13.8 x 17.7 in // Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley

The Mirror, c.1883 Oil on canvas Private Collection

The White Fence Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in

Portrait of Louis Betts Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in Private Collection

For the Little One, aka Hall at Shinnecock Oil on canvas, 35 x 40 in

Afternoon Shadows Oil on panel

Frank Duveneck

On July 8, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 9

Frank Duveneck, American painter, October 9, 1848 - January 3, 1919

Self-portrait, circa 1877 Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 23.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Turkish Page, 1876 Oil on canvas, 42 x 58 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

The Cobbler’s Apprentice, 1877 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 27.8 in // Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 34.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Portrait of Maggie Wilson, 1898 Oil on cardboard, 15 x 12 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Major Dillard H. Clark, 1877 Oil on canvas Formerly Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Winslow Homer Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 20 x 15.9 in // Private collection

Reclining Nude, 1892 Oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art

Portrait of Marie Danforth Page, circa 1889 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 25.2 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Beechwoods at Polling, circa 1876 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Still-life with Watermelon, circa 1878 Oil on canvas, 25 x 38 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Professor Ludwig Loefftz, circa 1873 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 28.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

William Henry Fox Talbot

On July 7, 2025 - 19th Century, English, february 11

William Henry Fox Talbot, British photographer, February 11, 1800 - September 17, 1877

Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot by Antoine Claudet, ca. 1844

Window in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey Made From the Oldest Photographic Negative in Existence, August 1835

Miss Horatia Feilding, Half Sister of W. H. F. Talbot, Circa 1842 A "Calotype", a kind of early photograph

London Street, Reading, c. 1845 Modern positive from Talbot's original calotype negative

Isaac Levitan

On July 6, 2025 - 19th Century, august 30, Russian

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter, August 30, 1860-August 4, 1900

Isaac Levitan by Valentin Serov, 1893

Sofia Kuvshinnikova, 1888

Birch grove, from 1885 until 1889 Oil painting, 11.2 x 19.6 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Evening Bells Ringing, 1892 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 42.3 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Autumn, 1896 Watercolor on paper Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Constant Troyon

On July 6, 2025 - 19th Century, august 28, French

Constant Troyon, French painter, August 28, 1810 - February 21, 1865

Oxen Walking to Pasture, Morning Sky, 1855 Oil on canvas, 103.1 x 12.8 ft // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Brook Through the Forest, circa 1825-1850 Oil on panel, 12.7 x 18.3 in // Louvre, Paris

Cow Scratching, 1859 Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 57.2 in Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 16, Russian

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer, August 16, 1876 – February 7 1942

Boris Kustodiev , Portrait of Ivan Bilibin, 1901

Koschei the Deathless (from Marya Morevna, 1900)

Illustration for the Epic "Volga", 1903 Lithograph

Illustration for "Wassilissa the Beautiful", 1899

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908

John Henry Twachtman

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, august 4

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, August 4, 1853 - August 8, 1902

Gertrude Käsebier, John Henry Twachtman, c 1900

Arques-la-Bataille, 1885 Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Snow Scene, ca. 1890 - 1895 Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Icebound, c. 1889 Oil on canvas, 25 5/16 × 30 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

John Singleton Copley

On June 29, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, july 3

John Singleton Copley, American painter, July 3, 1738 - September 9, 1815

Self-Portrait, between circa 1780 and circa 1784 Oil on canvas, 22.2 in x 22.2 in // National Portrait Gallery, Washington

John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mrs Humphrey Devereux, 1771 Oil on canvas, 40.15 x 31.88 in // Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Epes Sargent, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 49 13/16 x 40 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Head of a Black Man, 1777 or 1778 Oil on canvas, 20.9 x 16.2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, circa 1765-1766 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25.5 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Mrs. George Watson, 1765 Oil on canvas, 49.87 x 40 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. John Amory, circa 1763 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 40 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage, circa 1771 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

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