Realism

Night crowd of men in top hats before the lit Academy of Music, speakers on a platform, bonfire and fireworks at right.

Wood engraving of women and skaters on a frozen pond in winter, with bare trees behind them, by Winslow Homer, 1868.

Wood engraving of a couple reading a letter at center, surrounded by cherubs and figures from various cultures.

Engraving of a young ladies&#39; school walking an avenue in period dress, led by a man with a cane, past a theatre poster.

Engraving of factory workers with lunch pails walking toward a large mill with a bell tower, by Winslow Homer, 1868.

Wood engraving of a dinner party with a standing woman raising a glass, seated guests, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Wood engraving of men mowing a meadow with scythes while two children rest beside a pail under leafy branches.

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a tall waterfall beneath a stratified rock overhang, with hikers far off.

Wood engraving of many men sleeping sprawled on a floor in a crowded station house, watched by a uniformed officer in a doorw

Wood engraving of a watchman with a telescope in a tower room, with smaller panels showing the tower, bell, and a fire.

Wood engraving of men playing cards, smoking pipes, and reclining in a Baxter Street club-house interior with Chinese lantern

Wood engraving of St. Barnabas House in New York with women sewing, children, and a doorway sign reading Peace be to this Hou

Wood engraving of women, children and parasols on a beach with bathing cabins, from Harper&#39;s Weekly, 1874.

Wood engraving of a man and two boys fishing from a stump and log by a reedy pond in a forest.

Wood engraving of children on a seesaw, women mending nets, and a bait house by the sea, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Wood engraving of two figures by moonlit sea shore above a meadow scene with reclining figures and ducks, Harper&#39;s Weekly, 18