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

The Lovers
William Powell Frith (English, 1819–1909)

Portrait, Turkish Summer Costume
Francis Frith English, 1822–1898

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

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

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

Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes
Francis Frith English, 1822–1898

Assouan
Francis Frith English, 1822–1898

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

Cleopatra's Temple at Erment, near Thebes
Francis Frith English, 1822–1898

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

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

The Sphynx and Great Pyramid
Francis Frith English, 1822–1898

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966

Untitled
Gordon Powell American, born 1947

It's a New Age
Sue Williams American, born 1954

J. Ellis Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865