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title
The Northeaster
creator
Winslow Homer
Description
Reduced to economical yet expressive elements, this composition reveals Winslow Homer’s strong sense of design, honed during his early career in illustration. (He quit magazine work in 1875, in part because of the income generated by watercolor sales.) After settling in 1883 in Prout’s Neck, a rocky peninsula off the coast of Maine, he became increasingly preoccupied with the dynamic interactions of sea, sky, and extremes of weather along the water’s edge.<br /><p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2824/The_Northeaster" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
title
Sunday Morning, Appledore
creator
Frederick Childe Hassam
Description
<p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2776/Sunday_Morning_Appledore" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
title
Under the Falls, the Grand Discharge
creator
Winslow Homer
Description
<p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2847/Under_the_Falls_the_Grand_Discharge" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
title
Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
creator
Roger van der Weyden
Description
<p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/34373/Portrait_of_Charles_the_Bold_Duke_of_Burgundy" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. European Art
title
Self Portrait
creator
Eastman Johnson
Description
<p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/429/Self_Portrait" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
title
Illustration for "George Washington Jones: A Christmas Gift That Went A-Begging"
creator
Edward Henry Potthast
Description
Demeaning racial stereotyping persisted in American culture long after the Emancipation Proclamation, as evidenced by Ruth McEnery Stuart’s <i>George Washington Jones</i>. In this sentimental novel, a young African American orphan finds his way in Reconstruction-era New Orleans by emulating his late, enslaved grandfather, who had been given as a Christmas present to be the personal servant of the master’s daughter. In Edward Henry Potthast’s illustration, the protagonist checks his bedraggled appearance before calling on potential employers and laments, “Wush’t I was a little purtier.” In what is presented as a happy twist of fate, George gets hired by the same family his grandfather served. Stuart’s stories gained widespread popularity in her day for their vivid portrayals of southern characters and dialects. A tale such as <i>George Washington Jones</i> also functioned to assuage white audiences’ anxieties about postwar racial tensions by suggesting that blacks were content to reproduce old social hierarchies and patterns of faithful servitude under slavery.<br /><p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/439/Illustration_for_George_Washington_Jones%3A_A_Christmas_Gift_That_Went_A-Begging" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
title
Saint Joseph Seeks a Lodging in Bethlehem (Saint Joseph cherche un gîte à Bethléem)
creator
James Tissot
Description
In the biblical narrative, Mary and Joseph live in Nazareth but must journey to Bethlehem, the ancestral home of Joseph’s family, to be counted in a census imposed by the Romans. On their arrival in the town, Joseph searches for lodgings without success. Tissot contrasts Joseph’s anxious plea—calling up to townspeople in hopes of finding accommodation—with the Virgin Mary’s quiet resignation. <br /><br />Tissot’s expeditions to the Middle East in the 1880s provided rich source material for his watercolor compositions. The thick masonry walls and labyrinthine alleys of Jaffa, an ancient port city near modern Tel Aviv in Israel, serve here, with minor revisions, as the backdrop of Bethlehem.<br /><p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4429/Saint_Joseph_Seeks_a_Lodging_in_Bethlehem_Saint_Joseph_cherche_un_g%C3%AEte_%C3%A0_Bethl%C3%A9em" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. European Art
title
Jesus Heals the Blind and Lame on the Mountain (Sur la montagne Jésus guérit les aveugles et les boiteux)
creator
James Tissot
Description
<p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4482/Jesus_Heals_the_Blind_and_Lame_on_the_Mountain_Sur_la_montagne_J%C3%A9sus_gu%C3%A9rit_les_aveugles_et_les_boiteux" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. European Art
title
Bound Book of Sketches
creator
George Henry Hall
Description
Like most American artists of his day, Hall went to Europe to complete his professional training. After studying in Germany at the Düsseldorf Academy, noted for its emphasis on careful draftsmanship and exacting finish, he traveled to Italy, where he recorded his impressions of the landscape in this large sketchbook. On the page displayed here, Hall created a picturesque composition in which a tree on the foreground bank of Lake Nemi frames a distant view of the village on the opposite shore.<br /><p>Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2736/Bound_Book_of_Sketches" rel="nofollow">object record</a> for the latest information.</p>
subject
art. American Art
Title
Itineraire d'Italie ou sont les routes de Nice a Rome, par Genes, Luques ...
Publication Place
[Paris
Title
Great overland all rail route via Central Pacific, Western Pacific and Cal. & Oregon railroads, connecting at Promontory with the Union Pacific Railroad, and at Omaha with all roads leading to Chicago, St. Louis ... New York ...
Creator
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Subject (Topic)
Railroads--West (U.S.)
Publication Place
[San Francisco,
Title
Pianta della Citta di Pietroburgo : In Milanno presso il Tipografo Gio. Bernardoni
Publication Place
Milano
Title
Explication du plan de la ville de TsarskoÌøÌ© SÌ©lo = Isiasnenie plana Tsarskago Sela. [folded map]
Publication Place
St. Pétersbourg
Title
[Geographia. Italian]
Subject (Topic)
Geography, Ancient
Title
Map of the United States of America, showing the boundaries of the Union and Confederate geographical divisions and departments, Dec 31, 1862
Creator
United States. War Dept
Publication Place
Washington
Title
African Man
Description
null
Medium
Watercolor on ivory wove paper
Date
April 11, 1934
Title
Ceremonial Covered Burial Vessel
Description
null
Medium
Unglazed molded earthenware
Date
20th century
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