Old World Portraits
Charles Lenox Cumming-Bruce in Turkish Dress
Andrew Geddes
A striking 19th-century portrait of a man in traditional Turkish dress set against a backdrop of ancient ruins.
Old World Portraits
Scholarly portraits and old-world figures with gravity.
Richly dressed sitters, formal poses, and darker palettes give these portraits their stately, old-world presence.
Old World Portraits
Smike Streeton
Tom Roberts
An intimate and spirited profile portrait of Australian artist Arthur 'Smike' Streeton, captured with masterful impressionistic brushwork.
Old World Portraits
Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington
George Catlin
A striking narrative double portrait by George Catlin depicting the cultural transition of an Assiniboine leader.