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Woman In A Red Dress by Anna Claypoole Peale 1821 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peale, Anna Claypoole | This miniature is housed in an elegant red leather case with a green velvet lining, colors that compliment the sitters pale complexion and richly colored gown. Although the cut of her bodice is more restrained than an English dress might be, the sitter wears her hair piled high and curled in ringlets around her face, like many English women of the day. | |
With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow by Albert Pinkham Ryder ca. 1880-1885 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Ryder, Albert Pinkham | ||
Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut by George Henry Durrie ca. 1858 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Durrie, George Henry | Subject: Landscape -- Connecticut -- New Haven; Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Farmhouse; Architecture exterior -- Farm -- Barn; Landscape -- Season -- Winter; Landscape -- Weather -- Snow; Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon; Figure group; Animal -- Horse; Animal -- Dog. | |
Winter by William Hillock Low 1891 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Low, William Hillock | ||
William Thornton by Robert Field ca. 1800 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Field, Robert | William Thornton (1759-1828) was the first architect of the U.S. Capitol, and an inventor and public official as well. He was born in Tortola, British West Indies, and died in Washington. In addition to designing the Capitol, Thornton also designed the Octagon and Tudor Place in Georgetown, Washington. Robert Field and Thornton were friends, and the... | |
William McIntyre by John Wesley Jarvis early 19th century Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Jarvis, John Wesley | ||
William Mather Smith by Archibald Robertson ca. 1810 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Robertson, Archibald | William Mather Smith (1787-1864) was the only son of Connecticut governor and congressman John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), of Sharon, Connecticut. William was a precocious boy, entering Yale at the age of twelve and graduating in the class of 1805. A lay preacher, Smith founded one of the nation’s first Sunday schools, which he ran for fifty years.... | |
William Lippincott by Daniel Dickinson 1825 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Dickinson, Daniel | There are several men by the name of William Lippincott who may have sat for this portrait. The sitter probably posed for Daniel Dickinson in Philadelphia, and there is evidence to suggest that this portrait was commissioned on the occasion of his wedding. | |
William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin mezzotint Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Lambdin, James Reid | ||
William E. Dickson by Raphaelle Peale ca. 1815 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peale, Raphaelle |
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