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Amy Newson O'Brien (Mrs. John O'Brien)

by William Verstille

Miniature on ivory
Oval: 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Verstille, William 
Coast Scene with Figures (Beverly Shore)

by John Frederick Kensett

1869
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 153.4 cm (36 x 60 3/8 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Kensett, John Frederick 
Coast Scene, Mount Desert (Sunrise Off the Maine Coast (Storm Off Mount Desert))

by Frederic Edwin Church

1863.
oil on canvas.
36 1/8 x 48 in. (91.8 x 121.9 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Church, Frederic Edwinnotes
Description: View of waves crashing against the rocky coast off Mount Desert, Maine with the setting sun in the background.
Colonel Richard William Hart

by William Verstille

Miniature on ivory
Oval: 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Verstille, William 
Elizabeth Bull Hart (Mrs. Richard William Hart)

by William Verstille

Miniature on ivory
Oval: 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Verstille, William 
Evening in Arcady

by Thomas Cole

1843
Oil on canvas.
32 5/8 x 48 5/16 in. (83.9 x 122.7 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: View of a natural bridge over a river with two women in Arcadian attire along the shore in the foreground. One woman dances by the water's edge and the other is seated under a tree, a lyre in her hands. The sun is setting, highlighting the underside of the natural bridge, and silhouetting a herd of deer in the background along the far...
Hooker's Party Coming to Hartford

by Frederic Edwin Church

1846.
oil on canvas.
40 1/4 x 60 3/16 in. (102.2 x 152.9 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Church, Frederic Edwinnotes
Description: The painting depicts Puritan preacher Thomas Hooker leading members of his congregation from Massachusetts to Hartford to found a new settlement in 1633. The band of settlers, some on horseback and some on foot, along with their cattle, cross a stream near a small waterfall. In the background is the sunlit Connecticut River valley.
Jeremiah Lee

by John Singleton Copley

1769
oil on canvas
Height: 241.3 cm (95 in.), Width: 149.86 cm (59 in.)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Copley, John Singletonnotes
The Jeremiah Lee Mansion (1768) is a nonprofit historic house museum located at 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is open during the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
John O'Brien

by William Verstille

Miniature on ivory
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Verstille, William 
Lake George

by John William Casilear

1860.
oil on canvas.
26 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (66.7 x 108.0 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Casilear, John Williamnotes
Description: View across Lake George surrounded by gently sloping mountains. In the foreground, five cows stand along the shore and a man reclines on a nearby rock. In the background, a tiny boat is visible out in the middle of the lake.
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