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In 1951, the first passengers to board the twin ocean liners Independence and Constitution experienced a new kind of vessel.... -
Taking his last breaths in the men’s ward of the Berks County Almshouse, Charles C. Hofmann (1821–1882) may have been...
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If there ever was an artist who needed to emerge from the shadow of a better-known contemporary, it would be...
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In 2020 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a family record sampler at auction that is a model of beautiful...
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Vivid watercolor images of flowers, birds, hearts, and suns have long visually defined fraktur, the illuminated folk art tradition popular...
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Multicolored, split rivercane baskets and basket weaving have long been synonymous with Cherokee craft traditions, particularly baskets produced for and...
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Like many forms of American folk art, the carousel is a European idea brought to the United States. The American...
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A new genre of American artwork, the “family record” or register, appeared just prior to the Revolutionary War.
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Acknowledging the stories of individuals and communities that have been marginalized, overlooked, or misunderstood is at the heart of Fabric...
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In the early nineteenth century, a master practitioner of the art of paper cutting in the city of Philadelphia made...
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When it comes to bold and vivid graphic design in colonial America, the copybook created by New Jersey schoolmaster Thomas...
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Identifying the schoolmaster and artist who created the Thomas Earl copybooks has proved challenging. Gravestones and newspapers have provided little...
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Thomas Earl’s two handwritten manuscripts are replete with lessons in arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, navigation, and astronomy, which he enriched with...
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American folk portraits tell the private stories of their sitters and the broader narrative of the cultural and economic development...
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Used for grooming and dressing by both men and women, dressing tables made of walnut or imported mahogany, with cases...
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The Canal Hotel sign is a two-sided roadside advertisement for an establishment Stephen St. John opened in his home, around...
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Rufus Porter was raised on Moose Pond in today’s Bridgton, northwest of Sebago Lake and thirty-eight miles from Portland.
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The Beardsley portraits bear scrutiny in both quality and complexity. In Hezekiah Beardsley’s portrait, the sitter’s poised equanimity is concentrated...
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Henry Francis du Pont’s summer home in Southampton, Long Island, New York, called Chestertown House, was an important precursor to...