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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| Claus Doscher (1830-1910) | n.d. | 1950.197 | |
| Peter Stuyvesant (ca. 1612-1672) | n.d. | 1957.45 | |
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The Harvest Moon | 1860 | S-160 |
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Jonathan Hunt (1806-ca. 1851) | ca. 1830 | 1959.1 |
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Triumph of Julius Caesar | ca. 1445-65 | 1867.20 |
| Storm King and Crow's Nest, N.Y. | ca. 1874 | 1976.62 | |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) | n.d. | 1904.11 | |
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Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865) | 1838 | 1942.595 |
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Man Reading at a Table | 1836 | 2006.13 |
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George Washington (1732-1799) | Early 19th century | 1941.625 |
