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Seconnet Point, Rhode Island

by Worthington Whittredge

ca. 1880
oil on canvas
13 5/8 x 20 7/8 in. (34.7 x 53.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Whittredge, Worthingtonnotes
Worthington Whittredge traveled to Newport, Rhode Island, in the fall of 1877. He was inspired by the French painter Charles-Francois Daubigny. One of the forerunners of impressionism, Daubigny emphasized the effects of light and color on the landscape (Janson, Worthington Whittredge, 1989). In this painting, Whittredge used bright, clean colors and...
Scottish Landscape

by Robert Scott Duncanson

1871
oil on canvas
29 5/8 x 50 in. (75.4 x 127 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Duncanson, Robert Scottnotes
Robert S. Duncanson made several trips to Scotland, probably inspired by his father's Scottish heritage. He created romantic wilderness views that may have been influenced by the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott. In this piece the warm colors and rich vegetation make a remote scene appear welcoming, and would have appealed to the sentimental...
Scotch Highlands

by Robert Scott Duncanson

ca. 1848-1852
oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. (69.2 x 107.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Duncanson, Robert Scott 
Scene On The Hudson (Rip Van Winkle)

by James Hamilton

1845
oil on canvas
38 x 57 1/8 in. (96.6 x 145.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hamilton, Jamesnotes
Hamilton's painting combines several scenes from Washington Irving's short story. The hazy river valley beyond the trees evokes the Catskills, where Rip Van Winkle looked out over the Hudson River "moving on its silent but majestic course." Beneath the cavernous rock, several men enjoy a game of ninepins while Rip drinks the brew that will make him...
Saul And The Witch Of Endor

by William Sidney Mount

1828
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.3 x 122.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Mount, William Sidney 
Sardine Fleet

by George Elmer Browne

Drypoint on paper
plate: 10 1/8 x 12 in. (25.7 x 30.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Browne, George Elmer 
Sarah Sommer Sims

by Robert Street

1838
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Street, Robert 
Sarah A. Stevens

by James Bard

1873
watercolor on paperboard
sheet: 25 x 39 1/2 in. (63.5 x 100.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Bard, James 
Sara in a Green Bonnet

by Mary Cassatt

ca. 1901
oil on canvas
16 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (42.0 x 34.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Cassatt, Mary 
Sand Dunes, Harlech, North Wales

by George Elbert Burr

1899
watercolor on paper
sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (14.0 x 22.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Burr, George Elbert 
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