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| Franconia Notch 1852 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Cropsey, Jasper Francis | ![]() INSCRIPTION: Lower right in graphite: Franconia Notch/ J.F.C. Sept. 10, 1852 Verso: sketch of tree branch in graphite | GA | |
![]() | View on Lake Winnipiseogee (N. W. Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee) 1828 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | ![]() Description: View of Lake Winnipesaukee looking south from Meredith, New Hampshire. The lake is surrounded by autumn foliage, with mountains and a rising sun in the hazy background. In the foreground is a bit of shore with fallen trees, and a Native American male figure looking out across the lake. | GA |
![]() | Landscape, Composition, St. John in the Wilderness 1827 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | ![]() Description: The tiny figure of St. John stands next to a wooden cross atop a rock formation that extends out over the valley like an altar in a church. Seen from the side, the rock formation appears to have the profile of a face. Below St. John are figures of a man leading a horse with a woman riding it, evoking the Holy Family. On the right, across... | GA |
![]() | View in the White Mountains 1827. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | Home in the Woods 1847. Reynolda House Museum of American Art Winston-Salem, NC | Cole, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | Schroon Mountain, Adirondacks 1838. Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Cole, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | Genesee Scenery (Mountain Landscape with Waterfall) 1847. Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Providence, RI | Cole, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | The Seat of Mr. Featherstonhaugh in the Distance 1826 Anonymous Collection New York, NY | Cole, Thomas | GA | |
| Lake in the Mountains with Hunters 1857 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Fisher, Alvan | GA | ||
![]() | View of Springfield on the Connecticut River 1819 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Fisher, Alvan | ![]() Alvan Fisher’s bucolic view of Springfield, Massachusetts, from across the Connecticut River typifies the kind of landscapes that were popular in the period. It describes a specific locale—note the steepled First Church on the far bank—using the well-known artistic vocabulary of the “Claudian” landscape. This compositional format, based on... | GA |
![]() | Camden Hills and Harbor Circa 1852 Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME | Fisher, Alvan | GA | |
![]() | Camden Harbor 1846 Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME | Fisher, Alvan | GA | |
![]() | An Artist's View of Mt. Lafayette 1871 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Hill, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | A View of the Hetch Hetchy Valley with Deer in the Foreground and Mount Conness in the Distance 1884 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Hill, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | Donnner Lake c.1874 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Hill, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe 1883 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Hill, Thomas | GA | |
![]() | River and Mountains with Cows oil on canvas Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Knapp, Charles W. | GA | |
![]() | Mount Washington oil on canvas Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Knapp, Charles W. | GA | |
![]() | Boating on the Wissahickon 1870 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Knapp, Charles W. | GA | |
![]() | Early Autumn oil on canvas Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Knapp, Charles W. | GA |
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