Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Powder Horn: Lodovicus Viele (FW-5), with a Vignette of Seneca Lake, New York | 1890 | 1907.36.5 | |
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Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain | 1815 | 1925.135 |
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New York from the East River | 1852 | 1908.9 |
| Caricature of Friedrich Schorr as Leonardo Da Vinci (1888-1953) | 1931 | 1990.1.132 | |
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Sketch of a Man, Seen From Behind | 1878-1883 | 1935.85.1.180 |
| New York Harbor | 1875 | 1943.489 | |
| Tall Trees Along a Stream | 1918.332 | ||
| Uniforms of the American Revolution: Brunswick Artillery and Prussian Menzel Artillery | c. 1912 | 1923.160 | |
| Rural Scene with Arched Bridge | 1874 | 1999.8 | |
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Nathan Starr, Jr. (1784-1852) | 1808 | 1945.55 |
