# William Michael Harnett's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 8 works

A few works by William Michael Harnett, 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. [The Old Violin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-old-violin-aic-135454), William Michael Harnett, 1887. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-william-michael-harnett/the-old-violin-aic-135454?hang=750)
2. [Still Life—Violin and Music](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-violin-and-music-met-10997), William Michael Harnett, 1888. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-william-michael-harnett/still-life-violin-and-music-met-10997?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries

3. [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-william-michael-harnett/capri-cma-148312?hang=750)
4. [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-william-michael-harnett/locust-blossoms-si-chndm-1939-85-93?hang=750)
5. [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-william-michael-harnett/rio-de-janeiro-bay-nga-50281?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, second

6. [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-william-michael-harnett/mother-and-son-met-12693?hang=750)
7. [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-william-michael-harnett/the-pilgrim-of-the-cross-at-the-end-of-his-journey-study-for-si-saam-1965-10?hang=750)
8. [Long Lagoon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/long-lagoon-nga-11033), James McNeill Whistler, 1880. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-william-michael-harnett/long-lagoon-nga-11033?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Etching Revival](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/etching-revival?hang=750&via=continue) (50 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=750&via=continue) (198 works)