Charles’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.

Album of Drawings by C.F.Tomkins
Charles F. Tomkins British, 1798-1844

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Hussar's Armor
Polish

Pikeman Armor for an Officer
English, Greenwich

Display Cabinet
Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933

After Franz Marc: 1-6
Sherrie Levine American, born 1947

Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
South German; Augsburg

Oneika I
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor
Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

Hunting Trousse (Waidpraxe) with the Coat of Arms and Initials of Christian II, Elector of Saxony
German (Saxony), Dresden Silversmith: Joachim Puttlost, active 1607-1652

Plaster Surrogates
Allan McCollum American, born 1944

Plum Trees and Pheasants (Furnishing Fabric)
Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893) England, Lancashire, Preston

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Le Solitaire au Pont du Torrent (The Hermit at the Bridge over the Torrent) (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Marius Rollet (French, active c. 1820s) Probably Manufactured by Hartmann et Fils (French, founded 1776) France, Munster