Portrait Noir

John White Alexander

1892

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Two Horsemen, Miller Farr, lithograph
An African American man wearing a jacket with tails and large epaulettes, white gloves, white riding pants, and black boots stands in a hallway leaning on a cane in this black and white photograph. Further down the hallway, another figure can be seen sitting in a chair, with elements of costume hanging around him. A partial poster, peeling from the wall, is seen closer to the viewer than the figure, cut off by the right edge of the photograph.
Eight workers engaged in various aspects of contruction with steel girders. Skyscraper under construction, steel blast furnaces, and smoke stacks in background.
Fishing on the Arno, Alvin Ross, lithograph on Arches paper