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 | My Gems by William Michael Harnett 1888 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Harnett, William Michael | |
 | The Old Violin by William Michael Harnett 1886 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Harnett, William Michael |  ated by showing signs of wear and age throughout the painting. Even the songs, one from Bellini's La Sonnambula, and the other the popular song "Helas, Quelle Douleur," are concerned with temporal change. But it is the violin itself, now mute, but worn with use and still dusted with rosin, that speaks most evocatively of past pleasures. |
 | A Sprig of Plums by William Michael Harnett 1873 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Harnett, William Michael | |
 | Woman and a Crane (Vigilance) by Frederick Stuart Church 1892 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Church, Frederick Stuart | |
 | Farmyard Fowls by John James Audubon ca. 1827. National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Audubon, John James | |
 | Green River Cliffs, Wyoming by Thomas Moran 1881 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Moran, Thomas | ran quickly made plans to travel west.
Yellowstone was Moran's ultimate destination in the summer of 1871, but before he reached the land of geysers and hot springs, he stepped off the train in Green River, Wyoming, and discovered a landscape unlike any he had ever seen. Rising above the dusty railroad town were towering cliffs, reduced by nature... |
 | Blue Jay by John James Audubon 1831 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Audubon, John James | |
 | The Barnyard by Amzi Emmons Zeliff late 19th century National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Zeliff, Amzi Emmons | |
 | George Pope Morris by Henry Inman c. 1836 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Inman, Henry | |
 | Miss Van Alen by The Gansevoort Limner c. 1735 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | The Gansevoort Limner |
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