John’s work is defined by its 19th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high), from near Hutchings', with excursion party, No. 1216 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Crescent Lake, at head of the Merced River, Mariposa Co., stereo, No. 1286 from the series "California"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Masonic Temple, Boston, Mass., No. 624 from the series "Boston and Vicinity"
John P. Soule American, 1828-1904

Parepa Rosa, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

George & Martha Washington, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Henry Wilson, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Henry Ward Beecher, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Untitled, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Charles Sumner, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

The Sentinel House, No. 1134 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Boston Harbor and East Boston, from State Street Block, No. 578 from the series "American Views"
John P. Soule American, 1828-1904

The American Fall, from below, No. 833 from the series "Niagara in Winter"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

The Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Nevada Fall (700 feet high), From Foot-Bridge, after Snow Storm in July, No. 1208 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Yo-Semite Fall, (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House, P. T. Barnum and Party, No. 1220 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Mirror Lake and Mt. Watkins, No. 1248 from the series "California—Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Lincoln, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Untitled, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"
John P. Soule American, 1828–1904

Armor for the Field and Tourney
South German or Austrian (Probably Innsbruck)

The Alcoholic
Gilbert & George Gilbert Proesch; British, born 1943; George Passmore; British, born 1942