Joachim Ferdinand Richardt, River Baptism

Joachim Ferdinand Richardt, River BaptismThis mid 19th century oil painting by Danish American artist Joachim Ferdinand Richardt (1819 1895) depicts a congregation observing a river baptism, probably in the Mississippi River. In 2009, at President Obamas Inauguration luncheon, a panoramic view of Niagara was selected as the backdrop to his speech. Its a breathtaking image, capturing the sublimity of the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls in all their iconic majesty. The Maid of the Mist,

In the 1960s they merged with Kayser Ellison to form Sanderson Kayser Ltd

it would be his local peers

If Lasson did travel to Southern Greenland

Year of creation: 1872

and his happy elucidation of it by references to his own original sketches and his illustrated library of rare productions

Maurice of Nassau was a highly proficient military strategist and commanded the Dutch forces during a rebellion against Spain

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This heartwarming late 19th-century watercolour by British artist Mary Evelina Kindon (1849-1919) depicts three old friends nattering within a cottage interior

but also at a deeper level regarding a sitter’s character and spirit

These included the animal painter

almost ethereal

loss and anguish