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![]() | On Ninth Avenue, New York by William Rickarby Miller 1879 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Miller, William Rickarby | |
![]() | Jonas Platt by Samuel F.B. Morse 1828 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Morse, Samuel F.B. | ![]() had been an early promoter of the Erie Canal, and Morse was not only the finest portrait painter in New York, but an inventor as well. A decade after completing this work, Morse retired from his artistic career to devote himself to the development of the telegraph. |
![]() | Portrait of John Adams by Samuel F.B. Morse 1816 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Morse, Samuel F.B. | |
![]() | Chart of Colors by Samuel F.B. Morse Sanguine and graphite on paper Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Morse, Samuel F.B. | |
![]() | Caught Napping (Boys Caught Napping In A Field) by William Sidney Mount 1848 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney | ![]() ters after the Civil War, when urban centers increasingly drew people away from their native rural environments. Unlike those later versions, which tended to be sentimentally sweet, Mount portrayed these boys as mischievous, with due punishment approaching in the form of their father. Mount's insertion of the goat's skull on the tree also signaled... |
![]() | Mrs. Geromus Johnson by William Sidney Mount 1832 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney | |
![]() | Mrs. Barnet (Catherine Bergen) Johnson by William Sidney Mount ca. 1839 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney | |
![]() | Cactus In Blossom by William Sidney Mount 1857 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney | |
![]() | Jeromus Johnson by William Sidney Mount 1832 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney | |
![]() | Barnet Johnson by William Sidney Mount ca. 1839 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Mount, William Sidney |
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