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Title: The Attack on an Emigrant Train
Artist: Charles Ferdinand Wimar
Physical Description: The painting depicts a group of American settlers attempting to defend themselves against attack by a band of Native Americans. A covered wagon pulled by two horses is at the center of the composition; at left, two Native Americans attack the wagon with war clubs and tomahawks; a figure on the lead horse points a pistol directly at the head of one of his attackers, while a figure at the rear of the wagon shoots another attacker. At right other warriors on horseback ride past the train shooting arrows and wielding tomahawks.
Artist Life Dates: 1828-1862
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1856
Accession Number: 1895.80
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)

Title: Boyhood of Lincoln
Artist: Eastman Johnson
Physical Description: Painting of a young boy sitting in front of a fireplace reading a book in a dark interior setting.
Artist Life Dates: 1824-1906
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1868
Accession Number: 1895.90
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)

Title: In the Mountain Fastness
Artist: Daniel Huntington
Physical Description: Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1816 - 1906
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1850
Accession Number: 1916.1
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)

Title: Scene in the Catskills
Artist: Thomas Cole
Physical Description: This landscape painting depicts a rocky hillside beneath a blue sky and towering cloud formations. In the foreground area, a stream flows between boulders and cascades over rocks. There is a large square boulder with the roots and stump of a dead tree. The right side of the painting has green vegetation along the edege of the stream and tall green-leafed trees further back on the side of the hill. On the left, beyond the hill, there is a glimpse of far distant mountains. This scene is painted in warm tones of green and brown in a realistic manner. Patches of sunlight highlight areas of the hillside, boulders and the stream.
Artist Life Dates: American, born England, 1801-1848
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1801-1848
Accession Number: 1919.2
Medium and Support: oil on board
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)

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Title: Oka and Walmacho
Artist: Victor Higgins
Physical Description: In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. One is seated in profile view and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. The forms of their bodies are set againist a plain white wall creating a strong outline, especially around the area of their hair and faces. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. There is an amulet made of bone and feathers hanging on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1884-1949
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1915
Accession Number: 1931.13
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)

Title: Winter in Weehawken
Artist: Henry Reuterdahl
Physical Description: This winter landscape scene is painted in light pastel colors including, white, blue, pink and gray. The artist has used vigorous brushstrokes and the paint has been applied thickly on the canvas. The scenery is not painted in detail but done in an impressionistic manner.; In the foreground, a snow-covered hill slopes downward from the upper right side of the composition to the lower left. There is one tall tree that frames the scene on the far right and several others clustered on the left. In the middleground area, seen through the branches of these trees, there are factories and buildings of a town. Also, there are figures ice skating on a pond, at the far left of the composition. In the far distance, seen over the edge of the slope, is the skyline of a city, the shapes of skyscrapers silhouetted against a cloudy sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1907
Accession Number: 1931.15
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)