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Symphony in White, No. III

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Description: Symphony in White, No. III
TitleSymphony in White, No. III
Creator nameWhistler, James McNeill
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865–1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationBirmingham, University of Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, United Kingdom
https:/­/­barber.org.uk/­james-mcneill-whistler-1834-1903/­
Accession number39.24
SubjectsPainting, American--19th centuryAesthetic movement (Art)Symbolism of colors in art
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Chapter 4: Albert Moore
Elizabeth Prettejohn
Description: Art for Art’s Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting
Art for Art’s Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting
In a hasty glance, we might glimpse four figures rhythmically arrayed across the surface of Albert Moore’s Dreamers of 1882 (fig. 42). Closer inspection reveals that the area of brown pigment on the right, curved...
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Elizabeth Prettejohn
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2007 by Elizabeth Prettejohn
Related print edition pages: pp.101-127
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Chapter subject tags:Aesthetic movement (Art)Moore, Albert Joseph, 1841-1893Painting, British--19th centuryArt for art's sake (Movement)Painting, Victorian--Great BritainFeminine beauty (Aesthetics) in artColvin, Sidney, 1845-1927Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Pre-RaphaelitesLeighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299838
Accession number1943.176
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://dia.org/collection/nocturne-black-and-gold-falling-rocket-64931
Accession number46.309
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/193cc7e6-9380-4059-b50c-f5876319c5fa
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Creation date1889
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http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52922
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Dimensions14 1/2 x 21 in. (36.8 x 53.2 cm)
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https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/104498/
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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Object typePainting
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http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/306171
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http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.89670.html
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/299524?
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Dimensions15 x 21 3/8 in. (38 x 54.3 cm)
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http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-sponge-diver-251523
Accession number39.621
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1878
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MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on medium-weight, rough-textured, ivory wove paper, laid down on gray board
Dimensions9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm)
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https://collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/232/weary
Accession number1992.41
Weary
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, with opaque white highlights, over charcoal on cream, moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper
Dimensions20 1/8 x 14 in. (51 x 35.6 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2806
Accession number41.1087
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1771–1772
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions75 1/2 x 107 3/4 in. (191.8 x 273.7 cm)
LocationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
https://www.pafa.org/collection/penns-treaty-indians
Accession number1878.1.10
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
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Dimensions15 1/8 × 21 1/2 in. (38.4 × 54.6 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
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Accession number1933.1236
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1883
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions16 x 29 in. (40.6 x 73.7 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11125
Accession number54.183
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions11 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (29.1 x 49.5 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Accession number1955.1490
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (31.1 × 33.7 cm)
LocationOlana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (36.8 x 52.7 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on wove paper
Dimensions19 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (50.2 x 32.4 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.71552.html
Accession number1990.60.1
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on white wove paper
Dimensions14 x 20 5/8 in. (35.5 x 52.7 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Corcoran Collection)
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.79863.html
Accession number2014.136.171
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Object typePhotograph
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 3/4 × 35 7/8 in. (139.1 × 90.7 cm)
LocationSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/Fumee-d-ambre-gris-(Smoke-of-Ambergris)-(1)
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Smoke of Ambergris (Fumée d'ambre...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (54.6 x 41.9 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.79933.html
Accession number1997.72.1
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Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876–1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (51.1 x 66.4 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/42507?
Accession number1929-184-27
William Rush Carving His Allegorical...
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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http://artcollection.upenn.edu/collection/art/10/the-agnew-clinic/
Accession number1889.0001
The Agnew Clinic, detail
The Agnew Clinic, detail
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsGraphite and opaque white watercolor on medium-thick, slightly textured, tan laid paper with red and blue fibers
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16791
Accession number1933.124
Flamborough Head, England, detail
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on paper
Dimensions14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
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Dimensions15 x 21 3/8 in. (38 x 54.4 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, off-white wove paper
Dimensions10 1/8 x 19 in. (25.7 x 48.4 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5611
Accession number11.543
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with traces of scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/99603
Accession number1982.1579
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1887
Object typePainting
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Dimensions14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.9 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/93433
Accession number1963.760
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on ivory wove paper
Dimensions13 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (33.6 x 50.2 cm)
LocationPortland Museum of Art, Maine
http://collections.portlandmuseum.org/Obj11271
Accession number1988.55.16
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The Breakwater, Cullercoats
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Creator nameMount, William Sidney
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in. (43.4 x 53.5 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.110
Accession number1991.110
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Tynemouth Priory, England
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with traces of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, cream wove paper (top and lower edges trimmed)
Dimensions10 3/8 × 19 7/8 in. (26.2 × 50.5 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16837
Accession number1933.1254
Tynemouth Priory, England
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The Watcher, Tynemouth
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper (all edges trimmed)
Dimensions8 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (21.3 x 37.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16840
Accession number1933.1255
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West Point, Prout's Neck
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/8 x 48 1/8 in. (76.4 x 122.2 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/3100
Accession number1955.7
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West Point, Prout's Neck
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (69.5 x 92.4 cm)
LocationAmon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
http://www.cartermuseum.org/artworks/491
Accession number1990.19.1
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Creator nameStanley, John Mix
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1843
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=22854
Accession number1985.66.248,934B
International Indian Council (Held at...
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Creator nameSartain, John
Creator name (description)After a painting by George Caleb Bingham
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1854
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving, handcolored with watercolor, on cream chine laid down on cream wove plate paper
DimensionsImage: 55.6 × 76.2 cm (21 7/8 × 30 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/151565
Accession number1999.278
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameClonney, James Goodwyn
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1851
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 x 22 in.
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/waking-up-33061
Accession number47.1189
Waking Up
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Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and traces of blotting, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured, ivory wove paper (lower edge trimmed)
Dimensions11 3/8 x 20 in. (28.8 x 50.9 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16794
Accession number1933.1241
The Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream
Description: The Watcher, Tynemouth, detail
The Watcher, Tynemouth, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16840
Accession number1933.1255
The Watcher, Tynemouth, detail
The Watcher, Tynemouth, detail
Description: Prout's Neck, Surf on Rocks
Prout's Neck, Surf on Rocks
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions15 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (38.4 x 54.5 cm)
LocationWorcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Accession number1911.20
Prout's Neck, Surf on Rocks
Prout's Neck, Surf on Rocks
Description: Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (31.1 x 41.9 cm)
LocationPortland Museum of Art, Maine
http://collections.portlandmuseum.org/Obj4775
Accession number1992.41
Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter
Description: Girl with Red Stockings (The Wreck)
Girl with Red Stockings (The Wreck)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on very thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions13 3/8 x 19 1/2 in. (34.2 x 49.5 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/girl-with-red-stockings-252827
Accession number48.727
Girl with Red Stockings (The Wreck)
Girl with Red Stockings (The Wreck)
Description: Children on a Fence
Children on a Fence
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions7 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (18.3 x 30.2 cm)
LocationWilliams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Accession number41.2
Children on a Fence
Children on a Fence
Description: Huntsman and Dogs
Huntsman and Dogs
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/8 x 48 in. (71.4 x 121.9 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102943.html
Accession numberE1924-3-8
Huntsman and Dogs
Huntsman and Dogs
Description: Under the Falls, The Grand Discharge
Under the Falls, The Grand Discharge
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainting
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, over graphite, with touches of opaque watercolor and gold leaf, and possibly brown ink, on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions13 7/8 x 20 in. (35.2 x 50.8 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2847
Accession number78.151.2
Under the Falls, The Grand Discharge
Under the Falls, The Grand Discharge
Description: The Peaceable Kingdom
The Peaceable Kingdom
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameHicks, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1829–1830
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (44.5 x 59.7 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/15323
Accession number1965.46.2
The Peaceable Kingdom
The Peaceable Kingdom
Description: Summer
Summer
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameDewing, Thomas Wilmer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 1/2 x 36 in. (52.1 x 91.4 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/46694
Accession number1947.83
Summer
Summer
Description: Tynemouth Priory, England, detail
Tynemouth Priory, England, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with traces of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, cream wove paper
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16837
Accession number1933.1254
Tynemouth Priory, England, detail
Tynemouth Priory, England, detail
Description: Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameHovenden, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions52 1/4 x 72 1/4 in.
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/47809.html
Accession number1942-60-1
Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties
Description: Miss Amelia Van Buren
Miss Amelia Van Buren
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45 x 32 in. (114.3 x 81.28 cm)
LocationPhillips Collection, Washington, DC
http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection?id=0632
Miss Amelia Van Buren
Miss Amelia C. Van Buren
Description: The Agnew Clinic
The Agnew Clinic
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions84 3/8 x 9 ft. 10 1/8 in. (214.5 x 300 cm)
LocationUniversity of Pennsylvania Art Collection, Philadelphia
http://artcollection.upenn.edu/collection/art/10/the-agnew-clinic/
Accession number1889.0001
The Agnew Clinic
The Agnew Clinic
Description: The Cock Fight
The Cock Fight
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with traces of scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper (top and lower edges trimmed)
Dimensions10 3/8 x 19 in. (26.5 x 48.4 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/99603
Accession number1982.1579
The Cock Fight
The Cock Fight
Description: The Jolly Flatboatmen
The Jolly Flatboatmen
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameBingham, George Caleb
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 48 1/2 in.
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.75206.html
Accession number2015.18.1
The Jolly Flatboatmen
The Jolly Flatboatmen

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