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Paul Frenzeny: Empathy for 19th Century America
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Paul Frenzeny: Empathy for 19th Century America

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In 1873 two adventurous artists from France, Paul Frenzeny (1840–1902) and Jules Tavernier (1844–1889) were commissioned by Harper's Weekly to record the ‘vanishing American frontier’ as it appeared …

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