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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Helen Van Cortlandt Morris (ca. 1885-1958) | 1897 | 1905.171 |
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Miss Townsend of Brooklyn | ca.1910-1920 | 1944.286 |
| Madeleine de Gallatin | 1952.369 | ||
| John Singleton Copley, Jr. (1772-1863) | ca. 1837 | 1846.1 | |
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Colonel Richard Platt (1754-1830) | ca. 1790 | 1935.87 |
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Empire State Building, N.Y.C. | 1940 | 1940.978 |
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Catskill Mountains | ca. 1858 | 1932.188 |
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911 Broken Heart | 2001 | 2002.54 |
| Washerwomen | 1882.101 | ||
| Reverend John Rodgers, D.D. (1727-1811) | Late 18th century | 1956.195 |
