"For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowlege is the image of existence and things mean and splendid exist alike."--Francis Bacon, 1620. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa) Mary Vaux Walcott

Adoration of the Kings

E'e-a-chín-che-a, Red Thunder, Son of Bl... George Catlin

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geroni... Henry H. Cross

Portrait of John Woodruff Sims

The Riveter (mural study, Bronx, New Yor... Ben Shahn