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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 
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 on Lake Winnipiseogee (N. W. Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee)

by Thomas Cole

1828
Oil on wood
19 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. (50.2 x 66.4 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: View of Lake Winnipesaukee looking south from Meredith, New Hampshire. The lake is surrounded by autumn foliage, with mountains and a rising sun in the hazy background. In the foreground is a bit of shore with fallen trees, and a Native American male figure looking out across the lake.
View of Monte Video, the Seat of Daniel Wadsworth

by Thomas Cole

1828.
Oil on wood panel.
19 3/4 x 26 1/16 in. (50.2 x 66.2 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: Landscape looking out across the panorama surrounding the Connecticut country estate of Daniel Wadsworth. On the right is the main house, Monte Video, on a distant mountain top. On the lower left is a pond and bathhouse. In the foreground a female figure is seated on a rocky ledge, a red blanket spread out beside her. The town of...
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...
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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