# John Vanderlyn's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 8 works

A few works by John Vanderlyn, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/panoramic-view-of-the-palace-and-gardens-of-versailles-met-13052), John Vanderlyn, 1818–19. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/panoramic-view-of-the-palace-and-gardens-of-versailles-met-13052?hang=750)
2. [Zachariah Schoonmaker](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/zachariah-schoonmaker-nga-1130), John Vanderlyn, 1815/1818. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/zachariah-schoonmaker-nga-1130?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries

3. [Mother and Son](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mother-and-son-met-12693), Thomas Sully, 1840. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/mother-and-son-met-12693?hang=750)
4. [The Grave of William Penn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-grave-of-william-penn-nga-59905), Edward Hicks, c. 1847/1848. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/the-grave-of-william-penn-nga-59905?hang=750)
5. [Elijah Boardman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/elijah-boardman-met-10830), Ralph Earl, 1789. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/elijah-boardman-met-10830?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, second

6. [Ann Old Coleman (Mrs. Robert Coleman)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ann-old-coleman-mrs-robert-coleman-nga-33961), Jacob Eichholtz, c. 1820. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/ann-old-coleman-mrs-robert-coleman-nga-33961?hang=750)
7. [The Falls of Niagara](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-falls-of-niagara-met-11080), Edward Hicks, ca. 1825. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/the-falls-of-niagara-met-11080?hang=750)
8. [Portrait of a Child](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-child-nga-59907), Edward Hicks, c. 1840. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-vanderlyn/portrait-of-a-child-nga-59907?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Antebellum America](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america?hang=750&via=continue) (33 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=750&via=continue) (198 works)