Briggs’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.

Street in New Orleans
Briggs Dyer American, 1911-1970

Landscape
Briggs Dyer (American, 1911-1970) published by the Works Progress Administration

Landscape
Briggs Dyer (American, 1911-1970) published by the Works Progress Administration

Seventeenth-Century Interior
Charles Gifford Dyer (American, 1846–1912)

Tall Case Clock
Painted by Uriah Dyer (American, 1849–1927) Works by Silas Hoadley (American, 1786–1870)

Mrs. Charles Gifford Dyer (Mary Anthony)
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Portrait of Ruth Falkenau
William B. Dyer American, 1860–1931

Portrait of Ruth Falkenau
William B. Dyer American, 1860–1931

Portrait of Ruth Falkenau
William B. Dyer American, 1860–1931

The Buddha Preaching the “Perfection of Wisdom” (Prajnaparamita) Sutra
Artist Unknown Japanese

The Dyers' Quarter in Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-cho), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Mirror
Possibly designed by Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944) and/or Joseph Briggs (American, born England, 1873–1937) Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1894–1902) or Tiffany Studios (American, 1902–32) Corona, New York

The Dyers’ Quarter in Kanda (Kanda Kon’ya-cho), No.75 from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”
Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797-1858

The Dyer
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Mr. Briggs Goes Out with the Brighton Harriers
John Leech (or possibly after) English, 1817-1864

Half Shawl
France

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)