The 19C Picnic

A few paintings of picnics in 19th century America...

Jerome Thompson (American artist, 1814-1886) Recreation

Jerome Thompson (American artist, 1814-1886) The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain

Thomas Cole (1801–1848) The Picnic 1846

Jerome B Thompson (American artist, 1814-1886) Pic Nick in the Woods of New England c 1855

Picnic in the Catskills 1840-49

Thomas Prichard Rossiter (American artist, 1818 – 1871) Picnic above the Hudson

1854 David Broderick Walcutt (American artist, 1825-1885) Hocking Valley Picnic

Asher Brown Durand (American artist, 1796-1886) Picnic in the Country 1863

Thomas Prichard Rossiter (American artist, 1818-1871) Picnic on the Hudson 1863

James McDougal Hart (Scottish-born American artist, 1828-1901) Picnic on the Hudson

Lilly Martin Spencer (English-born American artist, 1822–1902) The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic, c. 1864

James McDougal Hart (Scottish-born American artist, 1828-1901) An Afternoon Concert

Lilly Martin Spencer (English-born American artist, 1822–1902) The Home of the Red, White, and Blue

Picnic in the Woods by F Wilton 1876

Idle Hours, by William Merritt Chase, 1894

Charles Courtney Curran (American artist, 1861-1942) Picnic Supper on the Sand Dunes

Benjamin Champney (American artist, 1817-1907) Picnic on Artist's Ledge, Overlooking Conway Meadows, New Hampshire

James Brade Sword (American artist, 1839–1915) The Picnic