| Preview | Description
  | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wildflowers, Coast of Maine by Charles E. Waltensperger oil on canvas hinged to board Private Collection Unknown, USA | Waltensperger, Charles E. | |
 | William Butler Yeats by John Singer Sargent 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Sargent, John Singer | 
William
Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. He won the Nobel
prize for literature in 1923.
He was born
in Dublin, the son of John Butler Yeats, a portrait painter.
William Butler
Yeats
1900
(the artist's son)
William
studied art himself for three years until 1889 when his first collection of
poems... |
 | William Crowninshield Endicott by George Bernard Butler 1890 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Butler, George Bernard | WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on 19 November 1826;
was educated at Salem Latin School;
graduated from Harvard University, 1847;
studied law in the office of Nathaniel J. Lord, 1847-1849;
attended Harvard Law School, 1849-1850;
was admitted to the bar, 1850;
with Jairus W. Perry formed the law firm of Perry and... |
 | William Goss And Wife, Theodate Goss by Charles Henry Turner oil on canvas Private Collection Unknown, USA | Turner, Charles Henry | Charles Henry's father was Henry W. Turner of Boston, and his mother was Sarah A. Goss (b. 28 August 1828 in Hampton, New Hampshire). After his mother's death Charles Henry was raised in Hampton by his mother's parents, William and Theodate Goss. |
 | William Leggett by Erastus Salisbury Field 1835 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Field, Erastus Salisbury | |
 | William Marshall Cazalet by John Singer Sargent 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Willow Trees, Bellport, New York by Walter Granville Smith 1920 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Smith, Walter Granville | |
 | Wind River, Wyoming by Hamilton Hamilton oil on canvas Private Collection Unknown, USA | Hamilton, Hamilton | |
 | Window Shopping by James Crawford Thom 1877 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Thom, James Crawford | |
 | Winifred, Duchess of Portland (Winifred Dallas-Yorke) by John Singer Sargent 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Sargent, John Singer |
Description:
Full-length
standing portrait of the Duchess of Portland (1863-1954) leaning against a
white marble mantlepiece. She wears a white satin gown with a standing collar and
a red velvet cloak. Strands of pearls festoon across her corsage from a pearl
brooch. She wears bracelets and rings and holds a book in her left... |
- Private Collection
