Joseph Francis Kernan

Sliding Into Home

Signature: Signed Lower Left

Date: 1917 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 34.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Baseball Magazine cover, July 1917 For more than a century, baseball was the All A...

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 28.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Pierce Rice’s America’s Pastime captures the timeless energy and nostalgia of baseball, one of the nation’s most beloved traditions. In this intimate yet dynamic composition, Rice po...

Original oil painting on canvas by artist V.... Vaughan. Framed.

Jane Gilday (American, b. 1951), "When the Pitcher has Command, Speed and Mastery, He is Bringin' It", Mixed Media on Canvas, signed lower left, giltwood f...

The most important maritime center in the 19th century, Liverpool, had many advantages. Located on the England-facing west coast of the Irish Sea, the Mersey approach was wide, deep and actively associated with all aspects of shipping. It also faced northwest, as the distressed fleet in Witham's work has discovered on a stormy February 8, 1881. To the rescue of the 12 ships, the Pilot Schooner No.2, LEADER, signals the fleet to follow, using the pre-1900 commercial code signals "l w c". She has waited for the rising tide and keeps the line tight to the red starboard buoy, Q1, which marks the beginning of the Queen's Channel. Within a span of hours, all twelve ships were led successfully to their docks. Witham painted the scene in conjunction with the great acclaim the Pilots received in 1881, and it became so popular that he painted additional works marking the event over time. His local contemporary, Samuel Walters...