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"A man could do anything with a girl like you rooting for him”
By Robert Lambdin
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “For the Sake of Phyllis” by Shirley L. Seifert for The Ladies’ Home Journal, published November 1920, page 14.
The full caption reads: “‘Oh Rose,’ continue...
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New Hat for Uncle Sam, Patriotic original cover for The Saturday Evening Post
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published May 12, 1923.
A patriotic illustration of Uncle Sam trying on hats in front of a mirror. Housed in a custom frame with stars ...
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Captain James J. Andrews, illustrating article in McClure's magazine
By Frank Schoonover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for "Andrews Railroad Raid, An Incident of the Union Campaigns of 1862 in the West-The Personal Narrative of a Survivor," for McClure's Magazine, published Sept...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Liberty Magazine Cover, Christmas Holiday Issue
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine for the Christmas holiday issue, published December 23, 1933
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maritime Streetscape, illustrating a mid-19th-century merchant storefront
By Winfield Lukens
Located in Fort Washington, PA
In this richly detailed oil painting from 1905, American artist Winfield Lukens captures a bustling maritime streetscape outside a mid-19th-century merchant storefront. This work exe...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Secret of Dr. Kildare" Romantic Illustration for Cosmopolitan magazine
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for "The Secret of Dr. Kildare" by Max Brand, published in Cosmopolitan magazine, September 1939, page 152. Framed.
A romantic illustration of a doctor and nurse embra...
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young and Fair, Romantic Magazine Story Illustration, Good Housekeeping, 1932
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Jessica laid her face against Richie's shoulder; she felt his arm tighten about her. Perhaps it was a long time they stood so. She didn't know, but she heard him say, 'Do you mean y...
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Girl's Taunt Stung" Magazine Story Illustration for Good Housekeeping
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "Hidden Ways" by Frederic F. van de Water published in Good Housekeeping, October 1935, pages 42-43.
The full caption reads: "Allegra's face was white as she ...
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Coach to London, Book illustration for “The Magic Image from India”
By Henry B. Lachman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book illustration for The Magic Image from India by Cornelia Baker (Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1909)
The image features a group of people on a coach to London. The full capti...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sisters, Cover for Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published September 18, 1920
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published September 18, 1920
Eugenie "Jenny" Wiremen (American 1874-1961) Eugenie Wireman was an accomplished free-lance artist w...
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chicago Parade, The American Legion Magazine, original cover, September 1939
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The American Legion Magazine, published September 1939, picturing soldiers carrying American flags in a Chicago parade
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 24 i...
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil
“She sat staring at him, horribly fascinated” original book illustration
By Arthur Keller
Located in Fort Washington, PA
“She sat staring at him, horribly fascinated”
Illustration for the book "Babs the Impossible" by Sarah Grand (Harper & Brothers), 1900, opp. page 286.
Medium: Gouache and watercolo...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Board, Watercolor, Gouache
"Stealing a ride by hanging on the branches" Christmas Story Illustration
By Elizabeth Shippen Green
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "The Return" by Georgia Wood Pangborn for Harper's Monthly Magazine, published December 1916, page 44.
In "The Return," Peter finds himself alone in the nurse...
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Pair of Illustrations from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Two illustrations from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses (New York: Scribner's, 1905), for III: "To Auntie", Page 116
Two charming line illustrations by Smith from...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
The Red Badge of Courage
By Charles Shaw
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book accopanies this painting
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Barefoot Contessa, Poster Maquette, 1954
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Barefoot Contessa." Original poster maquette for the 1954 film of the same title. Artwork attributed to Henri Cerutti or, alternatively, to Rold Goetze. Mixed Media, including i...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Passionate Performance
By Robert Maguire
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Passionate Performance by Robert Maguire captures a dramatic moment between two figures set against a bold, sunset-red backdrop. Known for his work in paperback illustration, Maguire...
Category
Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colonists at the Theater - Philadelphia Blended Whisky Ad
By Frank J. Reilly
Located in Fort Washington, PA
From a series of historic prints designed as advertisements to promote Philadelphia Blended Whisky.
In the 1940s, the Continental Distilling Corporation commissioned artists Simon Greco, James Bingham, and Edward Everett Henry to create a series of historical images of Philadelphia to promote its Philadelphia Blended Whisky, which it referred to as “The Heritage Whisky.” By highlighting key moments that led to the founding of the country and the city’s cultural heritage in its advertising, the company sought to position Philadelphia Blended Whisky as having a rich and enduring legacy.
The advertising copy links the City of Brotherly Love with “a legendary heritage of hospitality,” which is “one of the proud traditions established by Colonial Philadelphia...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harness Maker
By Walter Beach Humphrey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Harness Maker is an oil on canvas painting measuring 24.5 x 18 inches, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. The artwork portrays an elderly man seated in a wooden chair, d...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peaceful Home
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Pencil drawing of a peachful home
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Western Native American Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Native Americans greeting visitiors
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pondering Woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Woman Pondering
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Girl with Cat
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A mid-century painting, capturing a tender moment of childhood play. A young girl, dressed in a navy pinafore, carefully ties a pink ribbon on her gray tabby cat. Sarnoff’s signature...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Epilogue
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Label verso indicates the work illustrated a story titled, Epilogue, appearing in the Saturday Evening Post (c. 1940s)
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Up at Bat
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A mid-century sports illustration by Arthur Sarnoff depicting a classic baseball moment. The composition features a batter, catcher, umpire, and pitcher in action, with a full stadiu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Corporate Head Hunters
By Marvin Mattelson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Editorial illustration, Corporate Head Hunters, New York 1980.
Category
1980s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Clown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Clown painting
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Fraternity Party
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Fraternity Party
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This piece comes with a A Star is Born album signed by Kris Kristofferson, which inspired this work.
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Serious Man
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Water color of a serious man
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Boy & Girl Fishing
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A nostalgic painting by Arthur Sarnoff depicting a cheerful boy and girl fishing by a peaceful creek, surrounded by ducks, a stone bridge, and vibrant autumn trees. The scene evokes ...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barnyard Scene
By Paul Rabut
Located in Fort Washington, PA
White Bread Advertisement
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Poker Game Confrontation, Likely Illustration for Man's Action, 1959
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Poker Game Confrontation." Likely illustration for Man's Action magazine, 1959. Artist unidentified. Dated 1959 on verso. Laid into matte; archivally framed.
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Middle Eastern Romance, Illustration for Unidentified Publication
By Robert Lambdin
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Middle Eastern Romance." Illustration for unidentified publication.
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Pen
A Lonesome Night
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
An original illustration for the Franklin Library publication in 1975 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Page 5).
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Pen
Child & Dog Playing in the Road
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Child and dog playing in the road
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
32° Mason
By James Calvert Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Mom and dad are very proud of their son becoming a 32-degree mason, and have presented him with his lamb skin apron which signifies purity. Notice the finite detail and colors that m...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Laughing Woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Woman smiling
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Down the Hatch
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Stamp verso indicates the work illustrated the Franklin Library publication in 1978 of Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (Page 37)
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Pen
Back For the Big Game, 1909 Stanley Steamer, Calendar Illustration
By Kenneth Pauling Riley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Back For the Big Game, 1909 Stanley Steamer, calendar illustration, Great Moments in Early American Motoring, 1970
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Waiting for the Rollercoaster
By Leslie Wulff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
People waiting on bench for rollercoaster
Artist: Leslie Wu
Medium: Pastel on Board
Artwork Dimensions: 24.00" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Fire Truck in the City
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fireman Heading to fire
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Couple and Horse
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Romance Book Cover
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Wachsteter Press Books & Promotional Material
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
MOVIE PRESS BOOKS - Press books and promotional collateral from estate of George Wachsteter (1911-2004), including: 'A Hard Days Night' (1964), 'A Shot in the Dark' (1964), 'Underwat...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Printer's Ink
Man Running Around wheel of time
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Unpublished book cover: A Cure for Cancer, by Michael Moorcock; (Avon Books)
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Baton Twirlers Leave the Field, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Thorton Utz
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Baton Twirlers leaving the field after a football game at the University of Florida.
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 17, 1962
The editors' description of the cover rea...
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Elizabeth and the Major, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Kensington Publishing Corporation, Elizabeth and the Major, Paperback Cover by Lynn Collum
Category
1990s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folly's Reward' Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Folly's Reward' Book Cover
Category
1990s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Streets of Jerusalem
By Robert John McClelland
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Jerusalem street scene
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man on Horseback, Proposed illustration for Munsey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Proposed illustration for Munsey magazine
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cod Fishing From the Boat
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated the Franklin Library's 1978 publication of Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (Page 64)
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Pen
Expensive Taste, American Weekly Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
American Weekly cover, April 19, 1958
A young child throws a tantrum because he wants an expensive bike, despite his mother and father's best efforts to show him the more affordable...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Johnny Carson for his debut appearance on 'The Tonight Show'
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION - Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Johnny Carson with the NBC Peacock, as a promotion for his debut appearance on 'The Tonight Show' Monday, Oct ...
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Pen
Attributed to; Design for the Battle of Lexington Scene in 1924 Film "Jani
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Christies stamp verso. In silver molded frame, french-lined mat, glazed. OS: 18 1/2" x 22", SS: 11" x 15". Shinn took over from Joseph Urban as the Art Director on the William Randol...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Valspar Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Valspar Advertisement
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children in the Wind
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Children in the Wind
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
At the Library
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Likely used for a Book Cover
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moss Bros. Suits The British
Located in Fort Washington, PA
1965 Reader's Digest. A copy of the magazine is included.
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fisherman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fisherman on boat
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Ink
Couple on Horse
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Romance Book Cover
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
