W.’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.
George Cruikshank
W. Walker & Sons English, active 1860s
Coffee or Tea Service
Webster Manufacturing Company (American, 1866–74) Brooklyn, New York
Lighthouse Clock
Simon Willard and Sons American, 1753–1848 Roxbury, Massachusetts
Westward Ho!/Pioneer Covered Butter Dish
Gillinder and Sons, 1861–c. 1930 Philadelphia or Greenbsburg, Pennsylvania
Father and Son with Eggs, Cuzco
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009
Pioneer Covered Compote
Chelsea Bows (Furnishing Fabric)
Produced by Warner Fabrics, plc England, London
Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife
Walker Evans American, 1903–1975
God Shiva and Goddess Uma Seated with their Son, Skanda (Somaskanda)
India Tamil Nadu
Tight-Rope Walker
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
This Person
Geng Jianyi Chinese, born 1962
Westward Ho!/Pioneer Covered Compote on Pedestal
Westward Ho!/Pioneer Pitcher
Handkerchief
Engraved by Rymer and Son (English, active c. 1812) England, London
Keys to the Coop
Kara Walker American, born 1969
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta
Westward Ho!/Pioneer Covered Compote
Westward Ho!/Pioneer Celery Vase