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On the Beach at Capri by Albert Bierstadt ca. 1857. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Bierstadt, Albert | ||
Lake George by John William Casilear 1860. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Casilear, John William | 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. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Chase, William Merritt | 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. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Church, Frederic Edwin | 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. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Church, Frederic Edwin | 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 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Church, Frederic Edwin | ||
View on Lake Winnipiseogee (N. W. Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee) by Thomas Cole 1828 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | 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. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | 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 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas | 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. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT | Cole, Thomas |
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