# Romanticism

Style galleries · hang 749 · 32 works

Sublime landscapes, storms and feeling, from about 1780 to 1850.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Luman Reed](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/luman-reed-met-10794), Asher Brown Durand, 1835. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/luman-reed-met-10794?hang=749)
2. [Captain John Gell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/captain-john-gell-met-16781), Gilbert Stuart, 1785. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/captain-john-gell-met-16781?hang=749)
3. [The Fountain at Grottaferrata](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-fountain-at-grottaferrata-aic-209942), Adrian Ludwig (Ludwig) Richter, 1832. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/the-fountain-at-grottaferrata-aic-209942?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/attack-on-bunker-s-hill-with-the-burning-of-charles-town-nga-42489), Unrecorded American maker, 1783 or after. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/attack-on-bunker-s-hill-with-the-burning-of-charles-town-nga-42489?hang=749)
5. [Elijah Boardman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/elijah-boardman-met-10830), Ralph Earl, 1789. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/elijah-boardman-met-10830?hang=749)
6. [Fruit on a Tray](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fruit-on-a-tray-nga-42507), Unrecorded American maker, c. 1840. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/fruit-on-a-tray-nga-42507?hang=749)
7. [Woman by the Seaside](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-by-the-seaside-nga-52262), Unrecorded French maker, 19th century. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/woman-by-the-seaside-nga-52262?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-scene-from-thanatopsis-met-10793), Asher Brown Durand, 1850. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/landscape-scene-from-thanatopsis-met-10793?hang=749)
9. [Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/statue-of-the-madonna-in-the-mountains-aic-50276), Caspar David Friedrich, 1804. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/statue-of-the-madonna-in-the-mountains-aic-50276?hang=749)
10. [George Washington](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/george-washington-met-16584), Gilbert Stuart, begun 1795. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/george-washington-met-16584?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

11. [Fur Traders Descending the Missouri](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fur-traders-descending-the-missouri-met-10159), George Caleb Bingham, 1845. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/fur-traders-descending-the-missouri-met-10159?hang=749)
12. [Basket of Fruit](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/basket-of-fruit-nga-42506), Unrecorded American maker, c. 1830. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/basket-of-fruit-nga-42506?hang=749)
13. [Mrs. Mayer and Daughter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mrs-mayer-and-daughter-met-11764), Ammi Phillips, 1835–40. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/mrs-mayer-and-daughter-met-11764?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

14. [The Knapp Children](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-knapp-children-met-13095), Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1833–34. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/the-knapp-children-met-13095?hang=749)
15. [The Falls of Niagara](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-falls-of-niagara-met-11080), Edward Hicks, ca. 1825. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/the-falls-of-niagara-met-11080?hang=749)
16. [The American Star (George Washington)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-american-star-george-washington-met-11301), Frederick Kemmelmeyer, ca. 1803. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism/the-american-star-george-washington-met-11301?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Frederick Kemmelmeyer's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-frederick-kemmelmeyer?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [18th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states?hang=749&via=continue) (21 works)
- [Romanticism, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiajJYSTZvWC0ifQ)