Realism
Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
First room, north wall

The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Factory--Study for "Ironworkers, Noontime"/Verso: Still Life with OrangeThomas Anshutz, (1880)Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
First room, south wall

Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution 
Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music RoomJames McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Second room, north wall

SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art