Potomac River
The Construction of the Key Bridge, Washington DC
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
concrete arch bridge traffic across the Potomac River between the of Arlington County, Virginia, and
Category
1920s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Pine trees in a river valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains - American School
Located in Middletown, NY
An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Board
View of Mount Vernon Estate, the historic home of George and Martha Washington
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Washington, the first President of the United States. Situated on the banks of the Potomac River
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bird's Eye View of Mt. Vernon, " Original Hand-colored Lithograph by G & F Bill
Located in Milwaukee, WI
house is in upper right and tomb in lower left; the Potomac River is visible in lower right.
9 7/8" x
Category
1850s Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
M. Thorold - Framed 20th Century Oil, The Key Bridge, Washington DC
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking oil painting depicts an elevated view over The Francis Scott Key Bridge and Potomac
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Cafe by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Board Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Waves Study by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Paper Landscape painting, Beach
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Fall Cows by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Board Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Symphony in Blue and Green by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Board Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Summer Sketch by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Paper Landscape painting, Beach
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Dry Winter Sketch by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Paper Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Sunset Over Water Study by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Paper Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
I Love to See the Summer Beaming Forth by Bethanne Cople, Oil painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Farm Lane by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Then Come at the Eve by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
We'll on Grassy Banks by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Mount Vernon' original hand colored wood engraving George Washington 1850s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Potomac river.
"Drawn on the spot and in colors by C.H. Wells" lower left
"Printed in oil colors by F
Category
1850s Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Pigment, Paper, Engraving, Woodcut
Rare 19th Century Watercolor and Platinotype -- Coming Home
By Edward Lamson Henry
Located in Soquel, CA
the James and Potomac Rivers, and this experience influenced his work in that he continued to depict
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Platinum, Paper, Watercolor
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George Washington by Henry Sadd, Antique Engraving, circa 1844
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an 1844 engraving of President George Washington. The print was issued by G. Stuart in Albion, New York and engraved by H. S. Sadd.
This standing portrait shows President Ge...
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Antique 1840s American Prints
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"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwestern Chicago artist Aaron Bohrod painted in 1931 this modernist industrial cityscape during the WPA of the 20th Century.
Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Citysc...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia) /// Ornithology Bird Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia)" (Plate 73, No. 15)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edit...
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1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Cityscape Oil Painting - Skyline
Located in Bristol, GB
SKYLINE
Size: 29 x 37 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A small and vibrant modernist oil composition, featuring a city skyline where rows of tall buildings are set against a striki...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
1998 Vintage Swedish Framed Cityscape Oil Painting by Uno Vallman - City Tour
Located in Bristol, GB
CITY TOUR
Size: 64.5 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A lively and energetic city street scene composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1998 by Swedish artist Uno V...
Category
1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish Chassidi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kansas Farmyard / Missouri Farmyard
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
MISSOURI FARMYARD, 1936 (Fath 10) AKA KANSAS FARMYARD
Lithograph as published by Associated American Artists. Edition 250. Signed in pencil and in the...
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gorham Sterling Silver Early 20th Century Etched Child's Christening Mug
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Gorham sterling silver child's or christening mug, made in the early 20th century, gilt inside, adorned with acid-etched motifs including animals, human figures, and trees. It measur...
Category
Early 20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Lithographs of Ducks by John Gould
By John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
A pair of hand-colored lithographs of ducks entitled "Tadorna Vulpanser" (Sheldrake Ducks) and "Mergus Umbellus' (Smew or Nun Ducks) from John Gould's publication "Birds of Great Br...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 22.25 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Official's Wife Painting on Linen Canvas
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the 19th century of an official's wife with bird-adorned buzi, painted on a linen canvas. Created in the North-Eastern province of ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood
Distant Snow; Mt. San Antonio, San Bernardino Mountains
By Michael Obermeyer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 9" x 12" FRAMED: 15.5" x 18.5" x 1.375"
Artist Statement
"With all of the snow in our local mountains this past Winter a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 15.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.375 in
19th C. Original Framed Charcoal of George & Martha Washington Drawings
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite 19th-century original framed charcoal portrait capturing the timeless elegance of George and Martha Washington. Skillfully rendered, these drawings evoke the grace and dig...
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Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Drawings
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18th Century Bisque Porcelain Statue "Le Baiser" after Jean Antoine Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this elegant and incredibly charming titled 'le baiser', translating to 'the kiss' in French. This statuette is rendered in bisque porcelain and depicts a bust of a te...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Figurative Sculptures
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Antique Persian Mahal Rug with English Country Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
74414 Antique Persian Mahal Rug with English Country Cottage Style 09'00 X 11'05. Boasting a floral bounty in a range of warm hues, this antique Persian Mahal rug is a delightful exa...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Romantic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
By Saul Rabino
Located in Surfside, FL
A wartorn composition of a soldier on the left, a Jewish blacksmith in the middle and a little shepherd on the right. This is a lithograph pastel and colored pencil on paper.
Saul R...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
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UNTITLED (ABSTRACT BLUE CITYSCAPE)
By Yaakov Loebel
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 13 3/4" x 19"
Yaakov (Kuba) Loebel, Polish Israeli sculptor, born Poland. Member of Kfar Masaryk, Israel
Edu...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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Denderah (Tentyris) Plan des Ruines
Located in New York, NY
banks of the Potomac or the Charles River. But in order to avoid possible outdoor weathering of its
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Edfou (Apollinopolis Magna)
By Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois
Located in New York, NY
the banks of the Potomac or the Charles Rivers. But in order to avoid outdoor weathering of its
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Firmscapes VIII- Mineral Variation 1
By Deborah Brisker Burk
Located in Washington, DC
Washington Post. Brisker-Burk’s work has been featured in the City Paper, Md. Gazette, Potomac Almanac, as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Firmscapes 25- Surf's Crescendo
By Deborah Brisker Burk
Located in Washington, DC
Washington Post. Brisker-Burk’s work has been featured in the City Paper, Md. Gazette, Potomac Almanac, as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Firmscapes IX, Mineral Variation 2
By Deborah Brisker Burk
Located in Washington, DC
Washington Post. Brisker-Burk’s work has been featured in the City Paper, Md. Gazette, Potomac Almanac, as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil
Come We to the Summer by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Up at the Dawning by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
The Feather Grass Seed by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
To Banish Even from Her Sky by Bethanne Cople, Plein Air Beach Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
That Perches in the Soul by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Board Landscape painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Basked in the Sun by Bethanne Cople, Oil on Board Landscape painting of Beach
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
; and, of course, in both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Tidewater Evening, Oil on Foam Board Framed Landscape Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Foam Board
H 34.5 in W 34.5 in D 2.5 in
Must Taste of Its Own Grapes by Bethanne Cople, Framed Landscape Oil Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
, of course, in both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
Cold Through the Winter Blow by Bethanne Cople, Small Oil on Board Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
As Old As Bliss by Bethanne Cople, Large Plein Air Beach Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
H 48 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
All Delights of Summer by Bethanne Cople, Framed Beach Oil on WoodPainting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Birch
Makes Everyday His Own by Bethanne Cople, Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Outline of Their Majesty by Bethanne Cople, Large Framed Impressionist Seascape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Upon One Favored Hour, Bethanne Cople Framed Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
, of course, in both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
And Rove and Revel On, Bethanne Cople Framed Horizontal Impressionist Landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
'Sublime on the Towers of My Skiey Bowers' Oil on Board Petite Seashore Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'The Sanguine Sunrise, With His Meteor Eyes' Oil on Board Landscape Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
It Measures Like the Sea Oil on Board Painting by American Artist Bethanne Cople
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'When the Whirlwinds My Banner Unfurl' Petite Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
; and, of course, in both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Thou Smiling Sea, Bethanne Cople Small Framed Impressionist Beach Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Board
H 10.5 in W 12.5 in D 2.25 in
L'homme Au Petit Chapeau By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in New Orleans, LA
featured in the iconic tableau set along the Seine River with his back to the viewer as he speaks with
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 18.63 in W 18 in D 2 in
Early 20th Century Potomac River Landscape with Washington Obelisk Monument
By Maurice Molarsky
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful American impressionist oil painting of Potomac River with Obelisk and sailboat by Maurice
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
H 17.5 in W 21.25 in D 1 in
And the Sky, Above, Below and Around us Lie? Bethanne Cople, Beach Oil Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Smooth Sea, Stirred by No Breath of Wind by Bethanne Cople, Beach Oil Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Where the Sun Forgets the Day, Bethanne Cople Small Framed Beach Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia. She paints with expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Army of the Potomac-A Sharp Shooter on Picket Duty
By Winslow Homer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Army of the Potomac-A Sharp Shooter on Picket Duty
Woodengraving, 1862
Published in: Harper’s
Category
1860s Hudson River School Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Amazing 19th Century Civil War Oil Painting by James Hope
By James Hope
Located in Gallatin, TN
) Oil on Canvas Painting depicts a panoramic view of a Union encampment on the Potomac River with tents
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Temple of Denderah, Ancient Egypt
Located in New York, NY
the banks of the Potomac or the Charles River. But in order to avoid outdoor weathering of its
Category
1820s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Rare Original Currier & Ives Hand Colored Lithograph Depicting Civil War Battle
Located in Gallatin, TN
Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B
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19th Century More Art
H 17 in W 21 in D 1 in
1799 Map of "The States of Delaware and Maryland"
By John Anderson
Located in New York, NY
the continuation of the Potomac River from Fort Cumberland. Drawn by John Anderson Jr., Engraved by
Category
1790s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
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Find the exact potomac river you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect potomac river may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right potomac river is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes beige, brown and gray. Finding an appealing potomac river — no matter the origin — is easy, but Bethanne Kinsella Cople each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in oil paint, paint and board can add an especially memorable touch. If space is limited, you can find a small potomac river measuring 14 high and 14 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 42 across to better suit those in the market for a large potomac river.
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs. Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
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