Twenty Six Masterly Portraits of Men and Women of All Ages and Styles of Dress, Drawn by Noted Portrait Artist James Wells Champney His work is exhibited in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

06/1880. James Wells Champney James Wells Champney was a 19th century American painter who studied in and exhibited in Europe and whose paintings include landscapes and portraits, for which latter genre he became especially known. Among the many portraits he painted is that of explorer Henry Morton Stanley. Champney was also an illustrator for the noted Century Magazine. His work is exhibited in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.A large album leaf with fully 26 portraits of men and women of all ages and styles of dress. He has inscribed it, “Try to get a head of everybody, and oblige, Yours very cordially, J. Wells Champney, Deerfield, Mass., June 1880.” The studies on this album leaf are extraordinary, from the old and wise-looking man, unshaven, at top right, to the attractive young woman to his left. There are more portraits on this one sheet of paper than we have ever seen from any well-known artist, and the sheet is signed. (Inventory #: 21337)