Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
The Music Lesson, by John George Brown, 1870

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.

First room, north wall

  1. The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
    The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
    The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
    Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  4. Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
    Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Music Lesson, by John George Brown, 1870
    The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
    Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
    Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, by Otto Boetticher, 1851
    Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, by Jerome B. Thompson, 1858
    The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, north wall

  1. Plums, by John William Hill, 1870
    PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
    The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, south wall

  1. Oil painting
    An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, by Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866
    The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-RoomSeymour Joseph Guy, 1866Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art