# Antebellum America

Style galleries · hang 750 · 33 works

American art between the young republic and the Civil War.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [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/style/antebellum-america/rio-de-janeiro-bay-nga-50281?hang=750)
2. [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/style/antebellum-america/the-grave-of-william-penn-nga-59905?hang=750)
3. [The Artist's Wife Sophie](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-artist-s-wife-sophie-si-chndm-1942-50-2), Daniel Huntington, 1853. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/the-artist-s-wife-sophie-si-chndm-1942-50-2?hang=750)

## First room, south wall

4. [The Lackawanna Valley](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lackawanna-valley-nga-30776), George Inness, c. 1856. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/the-lackawanna-valley-nga-30776?hang=750)
5. [Soldiers felling sapling, and weaving saplings into baskets \[verso\]](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/soldiers-felling-sapling-and-weaving-saplings-into-baskets-v-nga-98208), Winslow Homer, 1862. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/soldiers-felling-sapling-and-weaving-saplings-into-baskets-v-nga-98208?hang=750)
6. [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/style/antebellum-america/portrait-of-a-child-nga-59907?hang=750)
7. [White Mare](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/white-mare-cma-135323), Winslow Homer, c. 1868. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/white-mare-cma-135323?hang=750)

## Second room, south wall

8. [Mary and Francis Wilcox](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mary-and-francis-wilcox-nga-45956), Joseph Whiting Stock, 1845. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/mary-and-francis-wilcox-nga-45956?hang=750)
9. [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-si-saam-2019-6-3), Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1850. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/self-portrait-si-saam-2019-6-3?hang=750)
10. [Asian Tea Pots](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/asian-tea-pots-nga-134159), Henry Farrer, n.d.. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/asian-tea-pots-nga-134159?hang=750)
11. [Landscape with Haywain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-with-haywain-cma-148215), Worthington Whittredge, 1861. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/landscape-with-haywain-cma-148215?hang=750)

## Second room, north wall

12. [Aaron Baldwin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/aaron-baldwin-nga-32581), Francis Alexander, c. 1835. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/aaron-baldwin-nga-32581?hang=750)
13. [Study of landscape, Delaware River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-of-landscape-delaware-river-si-chndm-1969-121-73), William Stanley Haseltine, ca. 1855. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/study-of-landscape-delaware-river-si-chndm-1969-121-73?hang=750)
14. [Major Thomas Biddle](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/major-thomas-biddle-nga-1125), Thomas Wilcocks Sully, 1832. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/major-thomas-biddle-nga-1125?hang=750)

## Third room, north wall

15. [Winter in the Country](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/winter-in-the-country-nga-109732), George Henry Durrie, c. 1859. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/winter-in-the-country-nga-109732?hang=750)
16. [Woman Holding a Book](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-holding-a-book-nga-59900), Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1835. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america/woman-holding-a-book-nga-59900?hang=750)

## Doors

- [Erastus Salisbury Field's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-erastus-salisbury-field?hang=750&via=continue) (8 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=750&via=continue) (198 works)
- [Antebellum America, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiNGRZYi1TZDcifQ)