How One Photographer Recreated 19th Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to ...
displays a dignity rarely allowed African subjects in 19th century art. The half-length portrait shows Jones in his ecclesiastical robes, with Bible in hand. Its style is simple; yet it is ...
The painstaking work of restoring the painting is complete, and the 19th-century portrait of a young girl from Saltville has ...
Dourness was expected, Sarah Moulden, curator of 19th-century collections and the National Portrait Gallery, told the Wall ...