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Landscape, Composition, St. John in the Wilderness

by Thomas Cole

1827
oil on canvas
36 x 28 15/16 in. (91.4 x 73.5 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: The tiny figure of St. John stands next to a wooden cross atop a rock formation that extends out over the valley like an altar in a church. Seen from the side, the rock formation appears to have the profile of a face. Below St. John are figures of a man leading a horse with a woman riding it, evoking the Holy Family. On the right, across...
Major General William Hart

by William Verstille

Miniature on ivory
Oval: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Verstille, William 
Mrs. Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett)

by John Singleton Copley

circa 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 Singleton 
On the Beach at Capri

by Albert Bierstadt

ca. 1857.
Oil on composition board.
10 3/4 x 13 in. (27.3 x 33 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Bierstadt, Albert 
Portrait of a Woman

by William Merritt Chase

1878.
oil on canvas.
26 1/8 x 15 7/16 in. (66.4 x 39.2 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Chase, William Merrittnotes
Description: Seated figure of a woman dressed in 17th century Dutch costume with a large white ruffled collar and a gold scarf. In her left hand she holds a book in her lap, her index finger marking a section of the book.
Roman Campagna

by Thomas Cole

1843.
oil on canvas.
32 1/2 x 48 in. (82.6 x 121.9 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: Italian landscape at dawn with the Apennine Mountains in the background and the ruins of the Roman Aqueduct casting long shadows across the foreground. On the left, a goatherd and his flock are making their way among the ruins.
Scene from "Last of the Mohicans," Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund

by Thomas Cole

1827.
oil on canvas.
25 3/8 x 35 1/16 in. (64.5 x 89.1 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: Against mountain scenery the tiny figures of Native Americans are gathered on a rocky ledge for their tribal ceremony. Above them a large rock formation dwarfs the figures.
The Days

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

1884-1886.
oil on canvas.
43 3/16 x 72 in. (109.7 x 182.9 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Dewing, Thomas Wilmernotes
zes "Truth"; the third figure carries a sword which symbolizes "Fortitude"; the fourth figure carries a lyre which symbolizes "Music and the Arts"; and the fifth figure, with her back to the viewer, carries a wand as she walks away. On the far left, there is a man in brown robes looking over at the five women.
Vale of St Thomas, Jamaica

by Frederic Edwin Church

1867
Oil on canvas
122.7 x 214.9 cm (48 5/16 x 84 5/8 in.)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Church, Frederic Edwin 
View in the White Mountains

by Thomas Cole

1827.
oil on canvas.
25 3/8 x 35 3/16 in. (64.5 x 89.4 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomas 
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