This print depicts a historic moment in American history. It features President Abraham Lincoln, and the cabinet as the emancipation proclamation is read for the first time. It was originally painted in 1864 at The White House...
This work is an engraving of an original painting done by Miss Jane Hamilton. The engraving was done by Alexander Hay Ritchie. It is without color. The image depicts a view of the Ohio River from the Hanover Point. There is a...
This work is an engraving of an original painting done by Miss Jane Hamilton. The engraving was done by Alexander Hay Ritchie. It is without color. The image depicts a view of the Ohio River from the Hanover Point. There is a...
The Petition to the King shows townspeople presenting the king with a basket of bones, the dragon's latest victims, pleading for a solution. The king deliberates and will soon declare that lots must be drawn by the young women...
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-1898). English artist. and In Princess Sabra Drawing the Lot, the young women draw a lot from a bag to decide which one is to be sacrificed to the dragton. The king's daughter, Sabra, picks the...
The work is highly detailed and realistic. Five figures, including Benjamin Franklin, are depicted sitting around a table with a vase on it. One of the men appears to be reading a book. The image is mostly comprised of muted...