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Style galleriesThe American Gilded Age

The American Gilded Age

A work made of pastel and black chalk on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions.
We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian), by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1869
BUTTRESSES ON CITY WALLS; LOCHES
Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany, by William L. Picknell, 1881
Landscape, by George Inness, 1888
Artist: Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, Sitter: Talcott Williams, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Painting and design in the United States from the Civil War to 1910.

First room, north wall

  1. A work made of pastel and black chalk on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions.
    Corte del ParadisoJames McNeill Whistler, 1880Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian), by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1869
    We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian)Lilly Martin Spencer, 1869Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
  3. BUTTRESSES ON CITY WALLS; LOCHES
    Buttresses on City Walls; LochesArnold William Brunner, 1883Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

First room, south wall

  1. Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany, by William L. Picknell, 1881
    Pointe de Cabellou, BrittanyWilliam L. Picknell, 1881Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Landscape, by George Inness, 1888
    LandscapeGeorge Inness, 1888Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Artist: Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, Sitter: Talcott Williams, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Talcott WilliamsThomas Eakins, c. 1889Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  4. A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper.
    Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland"James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second room, south wall

  1. Leaping Trout, by Winslow Homer, 1889
    Leaping TroutWinslow Homer, 1889Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. This is a painting depicting a bare-knuckle boxing match with two fighters in a ring surrounded by a crowd. Both fighters are men with light skin, and they wear no shirts. The fighter on the left wears orange pants with black dots, while the fighter on the right wears red pants with white dots. Behind these men are two other shirtless men wearing the same types of pants, as well as two other men wearing more formal attire, including jackets, vests, and hats. Outside the ring, a semi-circle of light-skinned men in formal attire watch the central fight. The setting is outdoors, with grass around the feet of the spectators and green hills in the background. Above the group, the sky is light gray.
    Bare KnucklesGeorge A. Hayes, c. 1870/1885Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. Portrait of Dora Wheeler, by William Merritt Chase, 1882–83
    Portrait of Dora WheelerWilliam Merritt Chase, 1882–83Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. Claire Campbell, by Édouard Manet, 1876
    Claire CampbellÉdouard Manet, 1876Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. ITALIAN GIRL
    Italian girlElihu Vedder, ca. 1885Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  3. Louis Eilshemius
    Samoan SceneLouis M. Eilshemius, 1908Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Third room, north wall

  1. The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse), by Albert Pinkham Ryder, c. 1896–1908
    The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)Albert Pinkham Ryder, c. 1896–1908Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Sand Dunes, Harlech, North Wales, by George Elbert Burr, 1899
    Sand Dunes, Harlech, North WalesGeorge Elbert Burr, 1899Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
  3. The Gulf Stream, by Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906
    The Gulf StreamWinslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art