# John William Hill's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 8 works

A few works by John William Hill, 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.

## With their contemporaries

1. [Plums](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plums-met-11096), John William Hill, 1870. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/plums-met-11096?hang=750)
2. [The Music Lesson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-music-lesson-met-10240), John George Brown, 1870. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/the-music-lesson-met-10240?hang=750)
3. [The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472), Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472?hang=750)
4. [Capri](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/capri-cma-148312), William Stanley Haseltine, 1869. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/capri-cma-148312?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries

5. [Locust Blossoms](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/locust-blossoms-si-chndm-1939-85-93), Samuel Colman, June 6, 1877. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/locust-blossoms-si-chndm-1939-85-93?hang=750)
6. [Rio de Janeiro Bay](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rio-de-janeiro-bay-nga-50281), Martin Johnson Heade, 1864. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/rio-de-janeiro-bay-nga-50281?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, second

7. [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-william-hill/mother-and-son-met-12693?hang=750)
8. [The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-pilgrim-of-the-cross-at-the-end-of-his-journey-study-for-si-saam-1965-10), Thomas Cole, ca. 1846-1848. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-john-william-hill/the-pilgrim-of-the-cross-at-the-end-of-his-journey-study-for-si-saam-1965-10?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Hudson River School](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/hudson-river-school?hang=750&via=continue) (27 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=750&via=continue) (198 works)