The 19th century








Works in this room
Works made in the 19th century, anywhere in the world.
Section 1, north wall

Self-PortraitEdgar Degas, 1857Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Study of landscape, Delaware RiverWilliam Stanley Haseltine, ca. 1855Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Study of seascape. Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, MEWilliam Stanley Haseltine, 1859Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Section 1, south wall

The Departure of the CrusadersVictor Nehlig, 1863Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum 
The Curious OneAntoine Pierre Mongin, 1823Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)Edgar Degas, 1875–76Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Sei Shonagon, from the series Ancient Patterns (Kodai moyo)Kobayashi Kiyochika, Meiji period (1896–1912), 1896Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, south wall

Descent into the Plain of GranadaDavid Roberts, 1834Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Miyako ShellKatsushika Hokusai, probably 1821Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Symbolic HeadOdilon Redon, c. 1890Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-HardyThomas Lawrence, 1801Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"Katsushika Hokusai, About 1833Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"Asher Brown Durand, 1850Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)Camille Pissarro, 1856Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington