Selected Proofs from the First and Second Portfolios of Illustrations from Scribner's Monthly and St. Nicholas
Edwin Austin Abbey
(American, 1852–1911)
Fra Bartolommeo
(Italian, 1472–1517)
William Blake
(English, 1757–1827)
Robert Frederick Blum
(American, 1857–1903)
William Merritt Chase
(American, 1849–1916)
Wyatt Eaton
(American (born in Canada), 1849–1896)
Mary Hallock Foote
(American, 1847–1938)
Mariano José Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó (aka Mariano Fortuny y Marsal)
(Spanish, 1838–1874)
Robert Swain Gifford
(American, 1840–1905)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
(French, 1725–1805)
George Inness, Jr.
(American, 1854–1926)
John La Farge
(American, 1835–1910)
Leonardo da Vinci
(Italian, 1452–1519)
Gabriel von Max
(Austrian, 1840–1915)
John Everett Millais
(English, 1829–1896)
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
Thomas Moran
(American (born in England), 1837–1926)
Adriaen van Ostade
(Dutch, 1610–1684)
William Page
(American, 1811–1885)
Sir Joshua Reynolds
(English, 1723–1792)
Henry Sandham
(American, 1842–1910)
Francis Hopkinson Smith
(American, 1838–1915)
Abbott Handerson Thayer
(American, 1849–1921)
Elihu Vedder
(American, 1836–1923)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American (active in England), 1834–1903)
Andrew Varick Stout Anthony
(American, 1835–1906)
J. Augustus Bogert
(American, active 1850–1881)
Edward Bookhout
(American, active 1842–1860)
William Baxter Palmer Closson
(American, 1848–1926)
Timothy Cole
(American (born in England), 1852–1931)
John Parker Davis
(American, 1832–1910)
John William Evans
(American, born in 1855)
Frederick Juengling
(American (born in Germany), 1846–1889)
F. S. King
(American, born in 1850)
Gustav Kruell
(American (Germany), 1843–1907)
William James Linton
(American (born in England), 1812–1898)
Henry Marsh
(American, 1826–1912)
J. Harrison Mills
(American, 19th century)
R. A. Müller
(American, 1875)
David Nichols
(American, 1885?)
J. G. Smithwick
(American, active 1871–1882)
J. T. Speer
(American, 1868)
John Henry Ellsworth Whitney
(American, 1840–1891)
The Century Co.
(American, founded in 1881)
1881
Place of PublicationNew York, New York, USA
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 58 wood engravings
DimensionsOverall: 35.2 x 28.1 x 2 cm (13 7/8 x 11 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberKBR1130
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
New York: The Century Co. [1881]
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first MFA print curator), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.
Edwin Austin Abbey