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Co-sne-boin

by Charles Bird King

1862
oil on wood
17 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (44.7 x 35.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

King, Charles Bird 
Coke, Magna Charta, Blackstone {sic}, sketch for mural for the United States Department of Justice

by Boardman Robinson

1935
Gouache on paperboard mounted on fiberboard
18 5/8 x 34 5/8 in. (47.3 x 88.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Robinson, Boardman 
Col. Josiah Parker

by John Ramage

ca. 1789
watercolor on ivory
1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.2 x 3.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Ramage, Johnnotes
Josiah Parker was a Revolutionary soldier and politician. He served in Virginia under George Washington, becoming a major in 1776 and a colonel the following year. He saw action at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and Brandywine. His short temper got the better of him, however, and he resigned from the army in 1778. Thereafter he served as a naval...
Cold Spring

by Johann Hermann Carmiencke

1854
pencil on paper
sight 14 3/8 x 19 in. (36.5 x 48.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Carmiencke, Johann Hermann 
Colonel Elijah Rice

by John Wood Dodge

1839
watercolor on ivory
image: sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Dodge, John Woodnotes
Colonel Elijah Rice invested heavily in sugar cane in Cuba, as a thriving part of the slave trade before the Civil War. His life ended in tragedy when he and all but one of his fourteen children died of consumption in Cuba. His widow, with her surviving daughter, Amanda, returned to Huntsville, Alabama, where John Wood Dodge painted this piece. The...
Colonel John Cox

by Charles Willson Peale

1778
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (3.7 x 3.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Peale, Charles Willson 
Colonial Graveyard at Lexington

by Frederick Childe Hassam

1891
pastel
17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (45.1 x 55.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hassam, Frederick Childe 
Columbus Before The Queen

by Peter Frederick Rothermel

1841
oil on canvas
62 3/8 x 50 in. (158.4 x 127.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Rothermel, Peter Frederick 
Commodore Isaac Chauncey

by John Wesley Jarvis

ca. 1814
oil on panel
image (oval): 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (8.3 x 6.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Jarvis, John Wesley 
Composition, Italian Scenery

by George Loring Brown

1846
oil on canvas
40 7/8 x 54 1/4 in (103.8 x 137.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brown, George Loring 
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