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February 6 – Sir Thomas Phillipps, English book collector (born 1792) March 4 – Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (born 1790) March 10 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian philosopher, journalist and politician (born 1805) March 11 – Emily Taylor, English author, poet and hymn writer (born 1795) April 1 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian ...
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The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
American Progress, a painting of profound historical significance, has become a seminal example of American Western Art.Serving as an allegory for manifest destiny and American westward expansion, this 11.50 by 15.75 inches (29.2 cm × 40.0 cm) masterpiece was commissioned in 1872 by George Crofutt, a publisher of American Western travel guides and has since been frequently reproduced.
David Cox (1783–1859) Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841) – Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King; Caroline Maria Applebee (c. 1785–1854) Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846) William Mulready (1786–1863) William Etty (1787–1849) John Martin (1789–1854) William Linton (1791–1876) Sir George Hayter (1792–1871) – Principal Painter in ...
The high-end art market seems to be a great option for investment these days. On Tuesday, Vincent Van Gogh's painting, L'Allée des Alyscamps sold at a Sotheby's auction for $66.3 million to ...
The Bower Meadow (1872), Manchester Art Gallery. Veronica Veronese (1872), Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington; La Ghirlandata (1873), Guildhall Art Gallery, London; Proserpine (1874), Tate Britain, London. Damsel of the Sanct Grael (1874), collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber; Roman Widow or Dîs Manibus (1874), Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
The monochromatic painting, which measures 9.6 x 7.3 inches (24.5 x 18.5 centimeters), was purchased by an anonymous buyer for €860,000 ($908,000) at the Christie’s sale.