William’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.

Wet Night, Columbus Circle, New York, No. 11 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series I" (1899)
William A. Fraser American, active 1890s

Official Welcome
Andrea Fraser American, born 1965

Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk
Andrea Fraser American, born 1965

May I Help You? (in cooperation with Allan McCollum)
Andrea Fraser American, born 1965

Inaugural Speech
Andrea Fraser American, born 1965

The End of the Trail
James Earle Fraser (American, 1876–1953) Cast by Gorham Co. Founders

Four Recruits in White Dhotis, page from the Fraser Album
India Haryana

Welcome to the Wadsworth: A Museum Tour
Andrea Fraser American, born 1965

Villagers Grinding Corn, page from the Fraser Album
India, Delhi

Saint William of Maleval
After Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673 Carlo Antonini ? c.1740 - c.1784

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

Cyclades (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Donald Hamilton Fraser (English, 1929-2009) Produced by David Whitehead, Ltd. England, London

Shah Inayat Allah of Sind with his Musician Makkhu and his Attendant Shaykh Qiyam al-Din, page from the Fraser Album
India, Delhi

James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV
William Blake English, 1757-1827

A City Park
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from The Pastorals of Virgil
William Blake English, 1757-1827

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966