A French Ship and Barbary Pirates

In December 1890Winslow Homer wrote to his brother Charles, “I have got a fine picture called The Distress Signal a scene in mid ocean.” The painter was referring to the work in th...

This small panel was part of the decoration of a cassone or wedding chest. According to an old description, the chest had three scenes on the front divided by small columns. This i...

Lettering: No-tin a Chippewa chief. Drawn, printed & col.d at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment No 94, Walnut St. Phila. Entered according to act of Congress in the ...