Ferdinand Brader didn't need an iPhone or fancy camera to capture images of 19th century Stark County farm life. The Swiss native relied on a keen eye for detail, the ability to create a bird's-eye ...

Late in the 19th century, a Swiss immigrant and itinerant artist named Ferdinand Brader journeyed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, found his way to Stark County in the 1880s, stayed until the 1890s, and ...

Banks’s intention was to circumnavigate for the first time the coast of Australia and to study the plants and animals of the new colony. For him the exploration was of utmost importance. Although he ...

Swiss itinerant artist Ferdinand Brader created 980 drawings, mostly of local farms. Only 237 of his works are known to still exist. Seventeen pieces will be auctioned on Oct. 25. Ferdinand Brader ...