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  • George Washington

    Artist
    Swett, Moses M., 1804 - 1838
    Copy after
    Stuart, Gilbert, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828
    Sitter
    Washington, George, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    254 × 182.9cm (100 × 72")
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    early 19th Century
    Topic
    Vehicle\Ship
    Exterior\Landscape\Battleground
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Exterior\Port
    Costume\Dress Accessory\Spurs
    George Washington: Male
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial Statesman
    George Washington: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Farmer
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\General
    George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
    George Washington: Science and Technology\Engineer\Surveyor
    George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Public Design Commission of the City of New York
    Object number
    NY850092
    See more items in
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • Long Billed Curlew, (painting)

    painter
    Audubon, John James 1785-1851
    Medium
    Watercolor
    Type
    Paintings
    Owner/Location
    New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York New York 10024
    Date
    1834
    Notes
    Rutledge, Anna Wells, "Artists in the life of Charleston through colony and state from Restoration to Reconstruction," Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series, v. 39, part 2), 1949.
    Topic
    Animal--Bird--Curlew
    Cityscape--United States--Southern States
    Waterscape--Harbor
    Control number
    IAP 83720027
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Siege of Yorktown, 17 October 1781

    Siege de Yorktown, 17 Octobre 1781
    Artist
    Couder, Auguste, c.1789 - 1873
    Sitter
    Washington, George, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
    Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, 1 Jul 1725 - 10 May 1807
    Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
    Comte Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de, 1722 - 1788
    Comte de Deux-Ponts-Forbach, Christian, 1752 - 1817
    Duc De Lauzun, A. L. De Gontaut-brion, 1747 - 1793
    Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753 - 1815
    Duportail, Louis Le Beque De Presle, 1736 - 1802
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux, 1734 - 1788
    Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, 12 Feb 1746 - 15 Oct 1817
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Stretcher: 465 × 543 cm (183 1/16 × 213 3/4")
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    1836
    Topic
    Nature & Environment\Clouds
    Weapon\Gun\Rifle
    Exterior\Landscape
    Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
    Exterior\Sky
    Weapon\Sword
    Exterior\Landscape\Battleground
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne
    Architecture\Building\Tent
    Nature & Environment\Hill
    Printed Material\Map
    Symbols & Motifs\Flag
    Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash
    Exterior\Military Camp
    Nature & Environment\Smoke
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Male
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Literature\Writer
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Military\Army\Officer
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Military\Army\Officer\Inspector General
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Marquis
    George Washington: Male
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial Statesman
    George Washington: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Farmer
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\General
    George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
    George Washington: Science and Technology\Engineer\Surveyor
    George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Male
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Military\Army\Officer
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Military\Soldier\Revolution
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Visual Arts\Artist
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Male
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Military\Soldier\Revolution
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Education\Founder\School
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Politics and Government\Patriot
    Marquis de Lafayette: Male
    Marquis de Lafayette: Military\Army\Officer
    Marquis de Lafayette: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Male
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Military\Navy\Officer
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Military\Navy\Officer\Admiral
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Count
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Marquis
    Comte de Christian Deux-Ponts-Forbach: Male
    Comte de Christian Deux-Ponts-Forbach: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    Louis Le Beque De Presle Duportail: Male
    Louis Le Beque De Presle Duportail: Military\Army\Officer
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Male
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Military\Army\Officer
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Politics and Government\Patriot
    Louis-Alexandre Berthier: Male
    Louis-Alexandre Berthier: Military\Army\Officer\Captain
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Musée National du Château de Versailles
    Object number
    MV 2747
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • Washington, Rochambeau, Lafayette and their Headquarters at Yorktown

    Study for the Siege of Yorktown, 17 October 1781
    Artist
    Couder, Auguste, c.1789 - 1873
    Sitter
    Washington, George, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
    Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, 1 Jul 1725 - 10 May 1807
    Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
    Comte Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de, 1722 - 1788
    Comte de Deux-Ponts-Forbach, Christian, 1752 - 1817
    Duc De Lauzun, A. L. De Gontaut-brion, 1747 - 1793
    Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753 - 1815
    Duportail, Louis Le Beque De Presle, 1736 - 1802
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux, 1734 - 1788
    Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, 12 Feb 1746 - 15 Oct 1817
    Medium
    Oil on cardboard
    Dimensions
    Board: 36.7 × 29.3 cm (14 7/16 × 11 9/16")
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    c. 1837
    Topic
    Nature & Environment\Clouds
    Weapon\Gun\Rifle
    Exterior\Landscape
    Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
    Exterior\Sky
    Weapon\Sword
    Exterior\Landscape\Battleground
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne
    Architecture\Building\Tent
    Nature & Environment\Hill
    Printed Material\Map
    Symbols & Motifs\Flag
    Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash
    Exterior\Military Camp
    Nature & Environment\Smoke
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Male
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Literature\Writer
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Military\Army\Officer
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Military\Army\Officer\Inspector General
    Marquis François Jean de Chastellux: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Marquis
    George Washington: Male
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial Statesman
    George Washington: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Farmer
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\General
    George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
    George Washington: Science and Technology\Engineer\Surveyor
    George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Male
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Military\Army\Officer
    Duc De A. L. De Gontaut-brion Lauzun: Military\Soldier\Revolution
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Visual Arts\Artist
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Male
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Military\Soldier\Revolution
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Education\Founder\School
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Politics and Government\Patriot
    Marquis de Lafayette: Male
    Marquis de Lafayette: Military\Army\Officer
    Marquis de Lafayette: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Male
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Military\Navy\Officer
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Military\Navy\Officer\Admiral
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Count
    Comte Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Marquis
    Comte de Christian Deux-Ponts-Forbach: Male
    Comte de Christian Deux-Ponts-Forbach: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    Louis Le Beque De Presle Duportail: Male
    Louis Le Beque De Presle Duportail: Military\Army\Officer
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Male
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Military\Army\Officer
    Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Rochambeau: Politics and Government\Patriot
    Louis-Alexandre Berthier: Male
    Louis-Alexandre Berthier: Military\Army\Officer\Captain
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt
    Object number
    CFA C 199
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • The Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch, (painting)

    painter
    Hicks, Edward 1780-1849
    Medium
    Oil on wood
    Type
    Paintings
    Owner/Location
    Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street New Haven Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1958.12
    Date
    Ca. 1825-1830
    Notes
    "Handbook of the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.
    "Selected paintings and sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972, no. 57.
    "A checklist of American paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982.
    Image on file.
    "Handbook of the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 30.
    "Selected paintings and sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972, no. 57.
    "A checklist of American paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982, #671, P. 67
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Topic
    Allegory--Religion--Heaven
    History--United States--Colonization
    Animal
    Landscape
    Primitive
    Control number
    IAP 07260667
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Buffalo Bulls Fighting in Running Season, Upper Missouri

    Buffalo Bulls Fighting in Running Season, Upper Missouri

    Artist
    Catlin, George, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm)
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    1837-1839
    Luce Center Label
    “The ‘running season,’ which is in August and September, is the time when [the buffalo] congregate into such masses in some places, as literally to blacken the prairies for miles together. It is no uncommon thing at this season, at these gatherings, to see several thousands in a mass, eddying and wheeling about under a cloud of dust, which is raised by the bulls as they are pawing in the dirt, or engaged in desperate combats, as they constantly are, plunging and butting at each other in the most furious manner. In these scenes, the males are continually following the females, and the whole mass are in constant motion; and all bellowing (or ‘roaring’) in deep and hollow sounds; which, mingled altogether, appear, at the distance of a mile or two, like the sound of distant thunder.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 31, 1841; reprint 1973)
    Topic
    Western
    Landscape\United States
    Animal\buffalo
    Landscape\river\Missouri River
    Credit Line
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
    Object number
    1985.66.424
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    Department
    Painting and Sculpture
    On View
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, South Wing
    Data Source
    Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Three Post Children, Martha Elizabeth, William Warner, Laura Elizabeth

    Artist
    Field, Erastus Salisbury, 1805 - 1900
    Sitter
    Post, Martha Elizabeth, 1820s - ?
    Post, William Warner, 1820s - ?
    Post, Laura Elizabeth, 1820s - ?
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    121.9 x 152.4cm (48 x 60")
    Type
    Painting
    Place
    United States\Connecticut\Hartford\Glastonbury
    Date
    1831
    Topic
    Interior
    Printed Material\Book
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Dog
    Home Furnishings\Furniture\Rug
    Martha Elizabeth Post: Female
    William Warner Post: Male
    Laura Elizabeth Post: Female
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Private Collection
    Object number
    PC991106
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • Portrait of Eunice E. C. Marden and Lurana G. Marden

    Artist
    Davis, Joseph H., 1811 - 1865
    Sitter
    Marden, Eunice E. C., 1831? - ?
    Marden, Lurana G., 1835 - 1845
    Medium
    Pencil, watercolor and ink on paper
    Dimensions
    8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches, sight
    12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches framed.
    Type
    Painting
    Place
    United States\New Hampshire
    Date
    1837
    Topic
    Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Flowers
    Exterior\Landscape
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Cat
    Container\Pot
    Costume\Footwear\Shoes
    Container\Basket
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Insect\Butterfly
    Toy\Doll
    Eunice E. C. Marden: Female
    Lurana G. Marden: Female
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Joan R. Brownstein / American Folk Paintings
    Object number
    DLR01093
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • Travelers Attacked by a Mountain Lion, (painting)

    painter
    Fisher, Alvan 1792-1863
    Medium
    Oil
    Type
    Paintings
    Date
    1835
    Notes
    Sale Cat. 4707 M, 10/22/81.
    Topic
    History--United States--Westward Expansion
    Landscape--Forest
    Figure group
    Animal--Cougar
    Control number
    IAP 63000855
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Battle of Princeton

    Artist
    Trumbull, John, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843
    Sitter
    Washington, George, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
    Mercer, Hugh, c. 1725 - 1777
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    184.2cm x 274.3cm (72 1/2" x 108"), Estimate
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    c. 1830-1831
    Topic
    Weapon\Gun
    Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
    Weapon\Sword
    Exterior\Landscape\Battleground
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Weapon\Cannon
    Music\Musical instrument\Drum
    Human Figures\Soldier
    Weapon\Gun\Bayonet
    George Washington: Male
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial Statesman
    George Washington: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Farmer
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\General
    George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
    George Washington: Science and Technology\Engineer\Surveyor
    George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
    Hugh Mercer: Male
    Hugh Mercer: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    Hugh Mercer: Health and Medicine\Physician\Surgeon
    Hugh Mercer: Military\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum
    Website: www.wadsworthatheneum.org/
    Object number
    1844.5
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • General Washington on a White Charger

    Artist
    Unidentified Artist
    Sitter
    Washington, George, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
    Medium
    Oil on wood
    Dimensions
    96.5 x 74.9cm (38 x 29 1/2")
    Frame: 109.5 x 87 x 3.8cm (43 1/8 x 34 1/4 x 1 1/2")
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    after 1835
    Topic
    Exterior\Landscape
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne
    Equipment\Sports Equipment\Equestrian Gear\Reins
    Equipment\Sports Equipment\Equestrian Gear\Saddle
    George Washington: Male
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\Revolution
    George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial Statesman
    George Washington: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Farmer
    George Washington: Military\Army\Officer\General
    George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
    George Washington: Science and Technology\Engineer\Surveyor
    George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: National Gallery of Art
    Website: www.nga.gov
    Object number
    1955.11.22 NGA
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  • Peaceable Kingdom, (painting)

    painter
    Hicks, Edward 1780-1849
    Subject
    Penn, William
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Type
    Paintings
    Owner/Location
    Worcester Art Museum 55 Salisbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01609 Accession Number: 1934.65
    Date
    Ca. 1835
    Notes
    Owner, 1975.
    Coll. Bull., Spring 1934, P.25-30.
    Worcester Art Museum: Selected Works," Worcester: MA: Worcester Art Museum, 1994, pg. 195.
    "American Art from the collection of the Worcester Art Museum," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1979, pg. 94.
    Image on file.
    Antiques (April 1976): pg. 740.
    Worcester Art Museum: Selected Works," Worcester: MA: Worcester Art Museum, 1994, pg. 195.
    "American Art from the collection of the Worcester Art Museum," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1979, pg. 95.
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Topic
    Religion--Old Testament--Isaiah
    Animal--Cattle
    Animal--Sheep
    Animal--Lion
    Animal--Tiger
    History--United States--Colonization
    Portrait male--Full length
    Ethnic
    Primitive
    Control number
    IAP 23570208
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

    Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

    Artist
    Catlin, George, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    20 x 27 3/8 in. (50.9 x 69.4 cm)
    Type
    Painting
    Date
    1837-1839
    Luce Center Label
    George Catlin probably sketched this image on his Missouri River voyage in 1832, but did not produce a finished painting for several years. In his 1848 Catalogue, Catlin noted that the French called this Sioux burial ground Butte de Mort, or “Hill of Death,” and that the Indians regarded the site “with great dread and superstition. There are several thousand buffalo and human skulls, perfectly bleached and curiously arranged about it.” (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)
    Topic
    Figure group\male
    Western
    Animal\horse
    Landscape\cemetery
    Landscape\river\Missouri River
    Landscape\United States\Butte De Mort
    Ethnic\Indian\Teton Sioux
    Credit Line
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
    Object number
    1985.66.475
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    Department
    Painting and Sculpture
    Data Source
    Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Blond Boy with Primer, Peach, and Dog

    Artist
    Phillips, Ammi, 1788 - 1865
    Sitter
    Unidentified Boy
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    122.9 x 76.2cm (48 3/8 x 30")
    Type
    Painting
    Place
    United States\Connecticut
    Date
    c. 1836
    Topic
    Printed Material\Book
    Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Dog
    Home Furnishings\Furniture\Rug
    Nature & Environment\Fruit\Peach
    Unidentified Boy: Male
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Website: www.philamuseum.org/
    Object number
    2001-13-1
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • The Peaceable Kingdom, (painting)

    painter
    Hicks, Edward 1780-1849
    Subject
    Penn, William
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Type
    Paintings
    Owner/Location
    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Broad & Cherry Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1985.17
    Date
    Ca. 1833
    Notes
    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 114.
    "Check List of Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1965.
    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts press release, 1985.
    Summary
    An allegorical scene based on Isaiah 11:6-9 depicting a two children seated on a grassy hillside and a young boy emerging from a forest accompanied by a collection of animals including an ox, a lion, a tiger, two sheep, a wolf, a leopard, a bear, and a cow. In the background on the left is a historical scene of William Penn presenting his treaty to a group of Native Americans.
    Topic
    Religion--Old Testament--Isaiah
    Landscape--Coast
    Children
    History--United States--Colonization
    Animal--Cattle
    Animal--Lion
    Animal--Tiger
    Animal--Sheep
    Animal--Wolf
    Animal--Leopard
    Animal--Bear
    Portrait male--Full length
    Figure group
    Ethnic
    Control number
    IAP 46120929
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Vermont Famer

    Portrait of a Farmer
    Attribution
    Peck, Sheldon, 1797 - 1868
    Sitter
    Unidentified Man
    Medium
    Oil on wood panel
    Dimensions
    61cm x 81.3cm (24" x 32"), Accurate
    Type
    Painting
    Place
    United States\Vermont\Chittenden\Charlotte
    Date
    c. 1835
    Topic
    Exterior\Landscape\Rural
    Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
    Interior\Interior with Exterior View
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
    Nature & Environment\Water\Lake
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Sheep
    Nature & Environment\Animal\Cow
    Unidentified Man: Male
    Portrait
    Credit Line
    Owner: [UNLOCATED]
    Object number
    UNL00065
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    Data Source
    Catalog of American Portraits
  • Approaching a herd of Buffalo, crossing the Platte River, (painting)

    artist
    Miller, Alfred Jacob
    Type
    Paintings
    Exhibition Catalogs
    Date
    1838
    1838-1839
    Notes
    Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 4
    No. 4--Approaching a herd of Buffalo, crossing the Platte River.--This is a very beautiful thing--warm and Claude like. There is also more harmony in the coloring than in several of the others. [P. xxiii.]
    Apollo Gallery--Original Paintings--for several days and evenings the town has been delighted with the Pictures painted by Alfred J. Miller, in 1838, and 1839, of scenes in the Rocky Mountains, Portraits of Crow and Snake Indians, and illustrations of the Sports and Customs of the Natives and Trappers of the Far West, exhibiting at the Apollo Gallery from the 9th to the 22d inst., when they must be packed up for their European Destination.
    Topic
    Western
    Figure(s) In Exterior--Frontier
    Ethnic
    Landscape--River--Platte River
    Animal--Buffalo
    Landscape--United States
    Control number
    AECI 05740003
    Data Source
    Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
  • Study for the Post Office Murals: Consolidation of the West, (painting)

    painter
    Lockwood, Ward 1894-1963
    Type
    Paintings
    Paintings-Mural
    Owner/Location
    Unlocated
    Date
    Ca. 1835
    Notes
    Eldredge, Charles C., "Ward Lockwood 1894-1963," Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1974, no. IV-6.
    Summary
    Mural sketch depicting a rugged western landscape with figures in the foreground representing of Native Americans, a trapper, a pioneer family, and a gold miner. In the background there is a Native American buffalo hunt, and a covered wagon train.
    Topic
    History--United States--Westward Expansion
    Landscape--Mountain
    Figure group
    Ethnic
    Occupation--Other--Pioneer
    Occupation--Hunter--Trapper
    Occupation--Industry--Mining
    Occupation--Hunter
    Animal--Buffalo
    Equestrian
    Study
    Control number
    IAP 15930144
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Trappers Around a Campfire, (painting)

    painter
    Miller, Alfred Jacob 1810-1874
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Type
    Paintings
    Owner/Location
    Gulf States Paper Corporation Warner Collection 1400 River Road, N.E., P. O. Box 48999 Tuscaloosa Alabama 35404
    Date
    1838
    Notes
    Czestochowski, Joseph S., "The American landscape tradition: a study and gallery of paintings," New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982, fig. 56.
    Joseph Czestochowski, 1978.
    Topic
    History--United States--Westward Expansion
    Landscape--Mountain
    Architecture--Other--Campsite
    Occupation--Hunter--Trapper
    Ethnic
    Figure group
    Animal--Horse
    Control number
    IAP 49270433
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
  • Prescott's Ride from Lexington to Concord, (painting)

    painter
    Sully, Thomas 1783-1872
    Medium
    Oil
    Type
    Paintings
    Date
    19th c
    Notes
    National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Delaware, 1981 (Mrs. John S. Reese).
    Topic
    History--United States--Revolution
    Landscape
    Animal--Horse
    Control number
    IAP 82120245
    Data Source
    Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

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