Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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| Mount Lafayette from Franconia Ironworks, New Hampshire | 1855 | 1918.130 | |
| Ball Play Dance (Choctaw) | 1866-68 | 1872.23.164 | |
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Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina), Havell plate no. 110; sketch of seed pod | 1821 | 1863.17.110 |
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View Near Fort Edward, New York: Preparatory Study for Plate 10 of "The Hudson River PortFolio" | 1820 | 1941.1119 |
| Streets of New York Paved in Gold: Study for "The Demons' Mistake: a Story from Chelm" by Francine Prose | 2000 | 2001.148 | |
| Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), Male Eclipse Plumage or Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) | c. 1554-1564 | 1889.10.3.28 | |
| Fort Niagara, N.Y. | ca. 1803 | 1951.253[dup] | |
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Three Powder Horns: The Silas Charles, Two Sides Depicted, The Jonathan Smith, and The Phinehas Warner (FW-103, 104, 105) | 1892 | 1907.36.88 |
| Powder Horn: Charles Burret (R-150), with Printed Portrait Vignettes of Hessian Major General Riedesel and his Wife | 1896 | 1907.36.327 | |
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Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery, New York City | 1814 | 1889.15 |
