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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Study for a Figure in "After Dinner" | 1834 | 1947.415 |
| Omaha (Woman and Two Men) | 1866-68 | 1872.23.21 | |
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Side View of a Standing Monk | 1860-61 | 1932.197 |
| Edouard Bèrard, Lettering School Sign from the Economical School Series | c. 1810-14 | 1953.274g | |
| Saloon Scene, from an Album Compiled of works related to "Manhattan Crosstown" | c. 1945-46 | 1976.12.2 | |
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Woman Walking on a Seaside Path, Étretat, France | 1878-1883 | 1935.85.1.22 |
| Evening at the Morris Canal, Little Falls, New Jersey | 1873 | 1947.368 | |
| Lake Memphremagog, Canada | 1882 | 1950.436 | |
| Seeley's With Roof Down, New York City | 1913 | Z.2016.15b | |
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Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798) | c. 1797 | 1833.1 |
