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Snowy New England by George Henry Durrie 1820–1863
George Henry Durrie (American artist, 1820–1863) Going to Church 1853 George Henry Durrie was an American artist whose rural winter scenes became popular during the Civil War era. Durrie was born in...
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Tones of Snow by George Inness (1825-1894)
.George Inness (American Hudson River School & Tonalist Painter, 1825-1894) Home at MontclairGeorge Inness (American Hudson River School & Tonalist Painter, 1825-1894) Winter EveningGeorge...
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Life in snowy North America - Canada - by Dutch-born Cornelius Krieghoff...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Early Canadian Homestead 1859 Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam...
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Snow & People in 1800s America
Louis Rémy Mignot (American Hudson River School painter, (1831-1870) Winter Skating SceneLouis Rémy Mignot (American Hudson River School painter, (1831-1870) Hunters in Winter LandscapeCharles Herbert...
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President John Tyler's Love Poetry
Although John Tyler's (1790-1862) decision to annex Texas led to the violent Mexican-American War, Tyler had a sensitive side as well. After his first wife died early in his presidency, he courted the...
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Dogs & Children in genre art by John Thomas Peele, English-born American...
John Thomas Peele (English-born American genre artist, 1822–1897) Feeding the PetsEnglish-born John Thomas Peele came to the United States with his family, when he was a child. As a young man, he...
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Music & Dance in Early America
.18th-Century DancingDance in the MorningI danced in the morning when the world was begun, And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,At...
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Music & Dance - Slaves detail from Adolf Carlsson Warberg, Skizzer fran...
. In LouisianaSee www.slaveryimages.org, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic Slave Trade & Slave...
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Music - Slaves detail from Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, The Story of My Life...
Plantation Slave SingersSee www.slaveryimages.org, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic Slave Trade...
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Music & Dance - Slaves detail from Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in...
Dancing in Lynchburg, Virginia 1853See www.slaveryimages.org, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic...
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Print Archives -- Slaves detail from Henry Bibb, Narrative of the Life and...
The Slaves on the SabbathSee Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic Slave Trade & Slave Life in the Americas: A...
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Music & Dance - Slaves detail from Harper's Weekly (April 13, 1861), p.232.
. The BreakdownSee www.slaveryimages.org, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic Slave Trade & Slave...
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Music - Early Fall at the Lake 1857
Jerome Thompson (American painter, 1814-1886) Recreations 1857 detail
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Music & Dance - 1800s American paintings
John Eastman (American Painter, fl 1842-1880) Fiddling his Way (Black fiddle player)Eastman Johnson (American painter, 1824-1906) An Earnest Pupil 1881Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian genre painter,...
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Music & Dance - Early 1800s Philadelphia by John Lewis Krimmel 1786-1821
Immigrant artist John Lewis Krimmel was one of the first painters to record early 4th of July celebrations. He was born in Ebingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1787, and accidently drowned near...
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Music & Dance in 1830s-60s America by William Sidney Mount 1807-1868
.William Sidney Mount (American painter, 1807-1868) Catching the Tune 1866-7 William Sidney Mount (American painter, 1807-1868) Dance of the Haymakers 1845The Irish tradition of "dancing a jig" in the...
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Itinerant American Artist Joseph Goodhue Chandler
Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Melinda Prouty Lamson-with son NathanielAn itinerant painter born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical 19th-century American folk...
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Dogs & Cats & Hats & Children plus glimpses of a few great carpets attributed...
Joseph Whiting Stock (American artist, 1815–1855) Jasper Raymond Rand 1844 (No grapes for the dog.)Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, working there most of his life. It is reported...
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Winslow Homer 1836-1910 paints dogs in a boat...
Winslow Homer (American artist, 1836-1910) Dogs in a Boat (also called Waiting for the Start) 1889
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Photo Archives - African American Women & the Language of the Fan
Apparently, during the Victorian era, fans had a language of their own.Alvan S. Harper (1847-1911) Tallahassee c 1884 State Library and Archives of Florida1 The fan placed near the heart: “You have won...
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