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

Brandy Saucepan
Hester Bateman English, 1709-1794 London, England

Hot Water Jug
Hester Bateman English, 1708-1794 London, England

Coffee Pot and Stand
Hester Bateman English, 1709-1794 London, England

Goblet
Hester Bateman English, 1708-1794 London, England

Cake Basket
Hester Bateman English, 1709-1794 London, England

Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan
Berenice Abbott American, 1898–1991

Hester Street
Sol Libsohn American, 1914–2001

Hester Street
Sol Libsohn American, 1914–2001

The Tithe Barn
Hester Frood English, 1882-1971

Flora Design for Closet Ceiling (left) and Statue of Apollo Design for Blank Niche (right), for Bateman House, London
James Thornhill English, 1675-1734

Coffee Urn
Peter and Ann Bateman English, active 1792 London, England

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago