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Seascape

ca. 1865
oil on canvas
29 15/16 x 45 in. (76.1 x 114.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Marine

Watercolor
no dimensions avaliable

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Old Ironsides

1863
oil on canvas
60 3/8 x 48 in. (153.4 x 121.9 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

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Burning Oil Well At Night, Near Rouseville, Pennsylvania

ca. 1861
oil on paperboard
22 x 16 1/8 in. (55.9 x 40.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Rouseville, Pennsylvania, lay within a few miles of Titusville and Pithole City, two of the most famous boomtowns in Pennsylvania s oil fields. From 1859 until after the Civil War, new gushers brought investors, cardsharps, saloons, and speculators into these rural settlements. As quickly as they grew, however, the towns collapsed, often from the...
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Scene On The Hudson (Rip Van Winkle)

1845
oil on canvas
38 x 57 1/8 in. (96.6 x 145.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Hamilton's painting combines several scenes from Washington Irving's short story. The hazy river valley beyond the trees evokes the Catskills, where Rip Van Winkle looked out over the Hudson River "moving on its silent but majestic course." Beneath the cavernous rock, several men enjoy a game of ninepins while Rip drinks the brew that will make him...
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Sunset At The Seacoast

1874
Oil on canvas
20 1/4 in. x 30 1/4 in. (51.44 cm x 76.84 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Brunswick, ME

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