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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Painting of a sandy cove with turquoise sea, rocks, and windswept cypress trees on a grassy bluff under a cloudy sky.

Sea Cove

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1880-90

Dusky forest clearing at twilight with a group of figures dancing in a circle beneath an amber sky.

The Pipe Dance

Ralph Albert Blakelock, ca. 1880-1900

Painting of uniformed infantry in formal review on a parade ground, with mounted officers, spectators, and Gothic buildings b

Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York

Otto Boetticher, 1851

Harbor street scene with sailors, a woman in a green dress, a fruit stand, children, and tall ships at dock.

After a Long Cruise

John Carlin, 1857

Oil painting of a gambling scene: a woman with a red dice cup, a leaning man, and a watching figure in a red cap at a table.

The Last Throw

Charles Robert Leslie, ca. 1840

Oil painting of a census taker recording a family's details in a farmhouse kitchen beside a fireplace.

Taking the Census

Francis William Edmonds, 1854

Painting of two warships in battle at sea, one flying American flags and one a British ensign, with smoke and torn sails.

The Constitution and the Guerriere

Thomas Chambers, ca. 1845

Painting of a funeral procession with black-clad pallbearers carrying a hearse along a street beside willow and cypress trees

Adult Funeral Procession

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a city square at dusk with trees behind a white picket fence, houses on both sides, and two pedestrians in the st

Baked Pears in Duane Park

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a shoreline baptism at sunset, with robed figures wading in water, a crowd on the beach, and boats.

Baptism

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of women wading into the sea at dusk beside a tree-lined shore, with strollers in period dress and a pale moon.

Bathing Party

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a wooden ship on a shipyard slipway, with horses, logs, workers, a tree, and a sailboat on the water.

Berg's Ship Yard

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Naive painting of a city street with townhouses, a horse-drawn carriage, and a bootblack carrying a rack of boots.

The Boot Black

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a town street at dusk with riders on horseback, a red ox, townhouses, and a tavern sign.

Bull's Head Tavern

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Naive painting of a man pushing a wheelbarrow of milk cans past brick houses, with a dog and chickens in the street.

Buttermilk Pedlar

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painted street scene of red brick townhouses, shopfronts, a copper cart, two walking figures and street trees.

Chimney Sweeps

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a small town street with brick and wood houses, shops, a horse cart, and a man walking a dog in the foreground.

The Dog Killer

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of firefighters on ladders battling a burning building while a crowd gathers in a town street.

Fighting a Fire

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Naive painting of a town street with two fire engines spraying water, firemen working, onlookers, and rows of houses.

Firemen's Washing Day

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a busy street with a market building, brick townhouses, pedestrians and a railed bridge in the foreground.

Fly Market

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painted city street with a horse-drawn cart, brick row houses, tall trees, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

The Garbage Cart

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a dusk city street with a cupola building, a horse-drawn wagon, and two figures with a pail at left.

Hot Corn Seller

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painted street scene of a procession of white-clad figures and dark-clothed mourners passing houses and tall trees.

Infant Funeral Procession

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Night street scene with stepped-gable brick buildings, a crescent moon, and a lamplighter carrying a ladder beside a glowing

The Lamp Lighter

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Small painting of militia drilling in an open field, with a mounted rider, brick building with flag, and distant city skyline

Militia Drilling

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a harbor with wooden piers, rowboats, a sailboat, warehouses and a horse and cart under a sunset sky.

Old Ferry Stairs

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painted street scene with a horse-drawn cart, wooden houses, cypress trees and two pedestrians on a town street.

The Sewer

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a pedlar with a tray of baskets walking a street past cypress trees, a yellow house, and a long wooden building,

Strawberry Pedlar

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Folk-style street scene with girls in long dresses walking in a line past houses and a tree, and two boys running in the road

Tea Party

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a street with brick houses, a man leading a horse pulling a cart with a green water barrel.

Tea water pump

William P. Chappel, 1870s