Edward Lamson Henry

Edward Lamson Henry (1841, 1919) was an American genre painter celebrated for his meticulous and nostalgic depictions of 19th-century American life, particularly rural scenes, stagecoaches, and early railroad subjects. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and later in Paris under Charles Gleyre and Gustave Courbet, developing a precise, detailed realist style. His works are prized by collectors for their historical accuracy and warm evocation of a vanishing American past.