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Tontin Coffeehouse

Francis Guy 1787 Genre

Two vanishing points are on this portrait of Manhattan. This was the site of the first new york stock exchange

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Winter Scene in Brooklyn

Francis Guy 1817 Genre

The painting has huge dimensions. This is across the river from the Tontin Coffeehouse. Extremely realistic

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The Old House of Representatives

Samuel Morse 1822 Genre

The only depiction of this building. Detail is very accurate and the dimesnions are very large

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The Gallery of Louvre

Samuel Morse 1833 Genre

The woman in this painting is copying a bunch of other masterpieces in order to enhance her technique. The woman is James Fenimore Copper's sister. The painting has its own key to tell what every painting is

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Bargaining for a Horse

William Sydney Mount 1865 Genre

Mounts texture for wood is perfect as is the texture for the horse's coat. The background has a house with the amn's wife calling him

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The Return of Rip Van Winkle

John Quidor 1829

Quidor paints strange distorted faces like Goya. Rip's lazy son is laying down next to a tree on the side of the painting

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Great Snowy Owls

Audobon 1835

Birds doing bird stuff

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Meditation by the Sea

Unknown Artist 1850-1860 Primitive

One solitary figure contemplating the sea. Breaks the rules of primitive painting by having people in it

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Your in Omaha

C. Bird King 1821

Another non stereotypical look at an Indian. This is a picture of 5 different perspectives of the same chief. Give's a look at this man's reaction to a treaty

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The Titan's Goblet

Thomas Cole 1833 Romanticism

Their is aworld around this goblet. Their is a town on the rim and a ship in the water

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The Architect's Dream

Thomas Cole 1833 Romanticism

This is a proscenium stage. There are examples in this painting of Egyptian, Roman, and Gothic architechture.