Metropolitan Museum of Art - Early American Painters Photos

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Hunting Party, New Jersey painting by unknown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.William Axtell portrait by John Wollaston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Jeremiah Platt portrait by John Mare at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.James Badger portrait by Joseph Badger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Hunting Party, New Jersey painting (c1750) by unknown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.William Axtell portrait (c1749-52) by John Wollaston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Jeremiah Platt portrait (1767) by John Mare at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.James Badger portrait (1760) by Joseph Badger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Francis Brinley portrait by John Smibert at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Francis Brinley son Francis portrait by John Smibert at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Elijah Boardman portrait by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Esther Boardman portrait by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Francis Brinley portrait (1729) by John Smibert at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Francis Brinley son Francis portrait (1729) by John Smibert at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Elijah Boardman portrait (1789) by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Esther Boardman portrait (1789) by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Marinus Willett portrait by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Noah Smith & her Children portrait by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Return of Neptune painting by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.John Greenleaf portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Marinus Willett portrait (c1791) by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Noah Smith & her Children portrait (1798) by Ralph Earl at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Return of Neptune painting (c1754) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.John Greenleaf portrait (c1753-4) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Elizabeth Greenleaf portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Joseph Sherburne portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Elizabeth Greenleaf portrait (c1753-4) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers portrait (c1763) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne portrait (1766) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Joseph Sherburne portrait (c1767-70) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Richard Dana portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Daniel Crommelin Verplanck portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. John Winthrop portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Midshipman Augustus Brine portrait by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Richard Dana portrait (c1770) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Daniel Crommelin Verplanck portrait (1771) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. John Winthrop portrait (1773) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Midshipman Augustus Brine portrait (1782) by John Singleton Copley at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Sarah Ursula Rose portrait by Benjamin West at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Moses Shown the Promised Land painting by Benjamin West at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Samuel Mifflin portrait by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Samuel Mifflin with granddaughter Rebecca portrait by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Sarah Ursula Rose portrait (1756) by Benjamin West at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Moses Shown the Promised Land painting (1801) by Benjamin West at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Samuel Mifflin portrait (c1777-80) by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mrs. Samuel Mifflin with granddaughter Rebecca portrait (c1777-80) by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Thomas Willing portrait by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Still Life with Vegetables painting by James Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Michael Angelo & Emma Clara Peale portrait by Rembrandt Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Thomas Willing portrait (1782) by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait (c1779-81) by Charles Willson Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Still Life with Vegetables painting (1820-30) by James Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Michael Angelo & Emma Clara Peale portrait (c1826) by Rembrandt Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Still Life with Cake painting by Raphaelle Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Horatio Gates portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Still Life with Cake painting (1818) by Raphaelle Peale at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait (1795) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait (c1798-1800) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Horatio Gates portrait (c1793-4) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Captain John Gell portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Matilda Stoughton de Jáudenes portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Josef de Jáudenes y Nebot portrait by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Captain John Gell portrait (1785) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Matilda Stoughton de Jáudenes portrait (1794) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Josef de Jáudenes y Nebot portrait (1794) by Gilbert Stuart at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington portrait (1780) by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Thomas Jefferson portrait by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sortie Made by Garrison of Gibraltar painting by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Thomas Mifflin portrait by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General George Eliott portrait by Mather Brown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Thomas Jefferson portrait (1788) by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sortie Made by Garrison of Gibraltar painting (1789) by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Thomas Mifflin portrait (c1790) by John Trumbull at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General George Eliott portrait (1790) by Mather Brown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Washington Reviewing Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland painting attrib. Frederick Kemmelmeyer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General Andrew Jackson portrait by John Wesley Jarvis at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Stormy landscape painting by Joshua Shaw at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Five Points Manhattan painting by unknown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Washington Reviewing Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland painting (after 1795) attrib. Frederick Kemmelmeyer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General Andrew Jackson portrait (c1819) by John Wesley Jarvis at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Stormy landscape painting (1818) by Joshua Shaw at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Five Points Manhattan painting (c1827) by unknown at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Rip Van Winkle painting by Albertis del Orient Browere at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Red Schoolhouse painting by George Henry Durrie at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cider Making painting by William Sidney Mount at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Great-grandfather's Tale of the Revolution - portrait of Reverend Zachariah Greene painting by William Sidney Mount at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Rip Van Winkle painting (1833) by Albertis del Orient Browere at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Red Schoolhouse (Country Scene) painting (1850-60) by George Henry Durrie at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cider Making painting (1840-1) by William Sidney Mount at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Great-grandfather's Tale of the Revolution - portrait of Reverend Zachariah Greene painting (1852) by William Sidney Mount at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Raymond Children painting by Robert Peckham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Conversation Piece painting by Lilly Martin Spence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Young Husband: First Marketing painting by Lilly Martin Spence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Taking the Census painting by Francis William Edmonds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Raymond Children painting (c1838) by Robert Peckham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Conversation Piece painting (c1851-2) by Lilly Martin Spence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Young Husband: First Marketing painting (c1854) by Lilly Martin Spence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Taking the Census painting (c1854) by Francis William Edmonds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Constitution & the Guerrière painting by Thomas Chambers at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Third Avenue Railroad Depot painting by William H. Schenck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Berks County Almshouse painting by John Rasmussen at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Contraband - Bit of Civil War History: painting by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Constitution & the Guerrière (war of 1812 sea battle) painting (c1840-50) by Thomas Chambers at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Third Avenue Railroad Depot painting (c1859-60) by William H. Schenck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Berks County Almshouse painting (1880) by John Rasmussen at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Contraband - Bit of Civil War History: painting (1865-6) by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Recruit - Bit of Civil War History: painting by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Veteran - Bit of Civil War History: painting by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.On to Liberty painting by Theodor Kaufmann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Last Moments of John Brown painting by Thomas Hovenden at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Recruit - Bit of Civil War History: painting (1865-6) by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Veteran - Bit of Civil War History: painting (1865-6) by Thomas Waterman Wood at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.On to Liberty (escaping slaves) painting (1867) by Theodor Kaufmann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Last Moments of John Brown painting (1882-4) by Thomas Hovenden at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Falls of Niagara painting by Edward Hicks at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Peaceable Kingdom painting by Edward Hicks at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Musidora painting by Thomas Sully at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Queen Victoria painting by Thomas Sully at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Falls of Niagara painting (c1825) by Edward Hicks at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Peaceable Kingdom painting (c1830-2s) by Edward Hicks at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Musidora painting (1813-35) by Thomas Sully at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Queen Victoria painting (1838) by Thomas Sully at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Setting of Washington Crossing the Delaware painting by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Washington Crossing the Delaware painting by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Washington Crossing the Delaware painting by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Indians Attacking a Wagon Train painting by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Setting of Washington Crossing the Delaware painting (1851) by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Washington Crossing the Delaware painting (1851) by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Washington Crossing the Delaware painting (1851) by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Indians Attacking a Wagon Train painting (1863) by Emanuel Leutze at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri painting by George Caleb Bingham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Prisoners from the Front painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Rainy Day in Camp painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Veteran in a New Field painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri painting (1845) by George Caleb Bingham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Prisoners from the Front painting (1866) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Rainy Day in Camp painting (1871) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Veteran in a New Field painting (1865) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Eagle Head, Manchester, MA painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Snap-the-Whip painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Dressed for the Carnival painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Shepherd & Shepherdess painted fireplace surround earthenware tiles by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Eagle Head, Manchester, MA (High Tide) painting (1870) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Snap-the-Whip painting (1872) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Dressed for the Carnival painting (1877) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Shepherd & Shepherdess painted fireplace surround earthenware tiles (1878) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Camp Fire painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Moonlight, Wood Island Light painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cannon Rock painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Maine Coast painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Camp Fire painting (1880) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Moonlight, Wood Island Light painting (1893) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cannon Rock painting (1895) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Maine Coast painting (1896) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Gulf Stream painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba painting by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Gulf Stream painting (1899) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River painting (1905-10) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba painting (1901) by Winslow Homer at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
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