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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 | |
The Seat of Mr. Featherstonhaugh in the Distance 1826 Anonymous Collection New York, NY | Cole, Thomas | GA | ||
View in the White Mountains 1827. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | 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 | |
Lake and Mountains 1820s Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Doughty, Thomas | GA | ||
Winter Landscape 1830 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Doughty, Thomas | 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 |
- The White Mountain School