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Surf Breaking, Cranberry Island

by Allen Tucker

1913
oil on canvas
25 1/8 x 34 1/4 in. (63.9 x 87.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Tucker, Allen 
Susan Pickering Bemis

by Constantino Brumidi

ca. 1852
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
35 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (90.5 x 72.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Syrinx, Par Maziere, 1689; Bassin d'Apollon

by James Carroll Beckwith

1913
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (34.9 x 25.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Beckwith, James Carroll 
T. Stanford

by Ebenezer Mack

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Mack, Ebenezernotes
The inscription T. Stanford found on a piece of paper in the back of this locket is the only clue to the sitters identity.
Terminal Figure of Ceres

by James Carroll Beckwith

1911
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Beckwith, James Carrollnotes
This painting shows a statue of Ceres in a garden of Versailles, France. Ceres was the Roman goddess of harvest and fertility, and among her symbols are sheaves of grain. Carroll Beckwith created this painting in September, and the scene glows with the vibrant light of autumn.
The Advance Guard

by Frederic Remington

ca. 1888
watercolor
sight: 22 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (58.1 x 53.0 cm) frame: 30 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (76.8 x 72.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Remington, Frederic 
The Amphitheatre Of Tusculum And Albano Mountains, Rome

by Worthington Whittredge

1860
oil on canvas
24 x 40 in. (61.0 x 101.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Whittredge, Worthingtonnotes
Worthington Whittredge was among many American artists who traveled to Europe in the nineteenth century. The ancient culture of Italy offered a poignant tale of faded glory that contrasted sharply with America's rise to economic and political power. Whittredge showed the ruins of the amphitheatre at Tusculum in the harsh light of day. Indolent...
The Angel

by William Baxter Palmer Closson

ca. 1912
oil on canvas
57 1/8 x 37 3/8 in. (145.0 x 94.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Closson, William Baxter Palmer 
The Archers

by Bryson Burroughs

1917
oil on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Burroughs, Bryson 
The Ascension

by H. Siddons Mowbray

1915-1925
oil on canvas
38 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (98.9 x 76.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Mowbray, H. Siddons 
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