Column: A $10 painting found at a thrift store is a clue to Philadelphia’s storied Black history
When Michiko Quinones saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill for the ...
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This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite
A previously lost painting representing 19th-century Black wealth and high culture in Philadelphia is now on view at the ...
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Rare Artwork by a Prominent Black Artist Is Found at a Thrift Shop in Philadelphia
A watercolor by artist William H. Dorsey dates back to 1864 and is now on display at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Why Is This Obscure 19th-Century Painting of Sheep Back in the Spotlight?
Friedrich Schenck, the relatively obscure painting 'Anguish' has garnered renewed interest thanks to social media.
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Civil War: Face Jug
A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...
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19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change
The BBC's Diane Cole reports on an exhibition of 19th-century paintings believed to depict ... skies and untouched landscape was the British-American painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848).