Edward Lamson Henry
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Edward Lamson Henry, commonly known as E.L. Henry, was an American genre painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina.
Image from page 630 of "Empire state notables, 1914"
Unexpected Visitors, a typical painting of rural nostalgia
Kept In, 1888. Race was a theme in many of Henry's paintings, inspired by his time in the Civil War.
Presentation of Colors, 1864 depicts the outfitting of two African-American Civil War regiments at the Union League Club of New York.
Winslow Homer
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Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in Am
Edward Lamson Henry
…painting, with many works inspired by his experiences in the war. He moved into the prestigious Tenth Street Studio Building in Greenwich Village, where Winslow Homer also had a studio. In 1869, Henry was elected to the National Academy of Design, New York. He died at his home in Ellenville, New York, on May 9, 1919…
Homer in 1880
A portrait illustration of Homer at the age of 21
Prisoners from the Front (1866), housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Long Branch, New Jersey (1869), housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston