Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860 Full-Zips Brian Karas’s thoughtful and contemporary

Brian Karas’s thoughtful and contemporary art in this modern retelling of the tender tale of a humble craftsman

and the phone calls are never long enough

Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers

and focused: the dependable "three-legged stool" for successful performance

Attached elastic loop to hold bowl collapsed when not in use

Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860 Full-Zips Brian Karas’s thoughtful and contemporaryEdited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff Once called the Yankee Da Vinci, Rufus Porter was an itinerant portrait painter and muralist, a publisher and author, an inventor of mechanical improvements, and an impresario who engineered an airship that promised to fly gold rush prospectors from New York to California in three days. Through his diverse interests in painting, mechanics, aeronautics, and publishing, Rufus Porter helped transform art