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Tontin Coffeehouse |
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Francis Guy 1787 Genre
Two vanishing points are on this portrait of Manhattan. This was the site of the first new york stock exchange |
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Winter Scene in Brooklyn |
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Francis Guy 1817 Genre
The painting has huge dimensions. This is across the river from the Tontin Coffeehouse. Extremely realistic |
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The Old House of Representatives |
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Samuel Morse 1822 Genre
The only depiction of this building. Detail is very accurate and the dimesnions are very large |
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The Gallery of Louvre |
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Samuel Morse 1833 Genre
The woman in this painting is copying a bunch of other masterpieces in order to enhance her technique. The woman is James Fenimore Copper's sister. The painting has its own key to tell what every painting is |
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Bargaining for a Horse |
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William Sydney Mount 1865 Genre
Mounts texture for wood is perfect as is the texture for the horse's coat. The background has a house with the amn's wife calling him |
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The Return of Rip Van Winkle |
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John Quidor 1829
Quidor paints strange distorted faces like Goya. Rip's lazy son is laying down next to a tree on the side of the painting |
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Audobon 1835
Birds doing bird stuff |
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Meditation by the Sea
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Unknown Artist 1850-1860 Primitive
One solitary figure contemplating the sea. Breaks the rules of primitive painting by having people in it |
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C. Bird King 1821
Another non stereotypical look at an Indian. This is a picture of 5 different perspectives of the same chief. Give's a look at this man's reaction to a treaty |
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The Titan's Goblet |
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Thomas Cole 1833 Romanticism
Their is aworld around this goblet. Their is a town on the rim and a ship in the water |
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The Architect's Dream |
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Thomas Cole 1833 Romanticism
This is a proscenium stage. There are examples in this painting of Egyptian, Roman, and Gothic architechture. |
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