Preview | Description | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Autumn Landscape and Pool by Alexander Helwig Wyant 1870s-1880s Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Wyant, Alexander Helwig | ||
Arkville Landscape by Alexander Helwig Wyant 1880s Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Wyant, Alexander Helwig | ||
Hunter and Indian Guide by C.L. Woodhouse 1869 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Woodhouse, C.L. | ||
Hinman B. Hurlbut by John Harrison Witt 1870s Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Witt, John Harrison | ||
Minnie Willard by Archibald M. Willard 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Willard, Archibald M. | ||
Sketch - News From The Army by Archibald M. Willard pencil Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Willard, Archibald M. | ||
Landscape With Haywain by Worthington Whittredge 1861 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Whittredge, Worthington | Painted during the first year of the Civil War, this idyllic view of a farm near Dobb's Ferry, New York, proclaimed to Northern viewers the success of an agricultural system in which farmers worked their own land. The American flag hanging beside the homestead subtly alludes to the war. Such a scene was thus a critique of Southern slavery. Yet the... | |
Graves Of Travellers, Fort Kearny, Nebraska by Worthington Whittredge 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Whittredge, Worthington | In the foreground appear the graves of settlers who died on the difficult journey to the American West. This oil sketch was made by the artist on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains and later formed the basis of a painting executed in New York (now in the G. W. V. Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Mass.). | |
Sally Avery Olds by Jeptha Homer Wade 1837 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Wade, Jeptha Homer | ||
Nathaniel Olds by Jeptha Homer Wade 1837 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Wade, Jeptha Homer | The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon... |
- Cleveland Museum of Art