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A landmark publication on American art from 1825 to 1870, this is a significant contribution to our understanding of taste and collecting in America during this period. It presents fifty-five paintings from thirty-eight artists drawn from the New York Historical Society’s newly restored and superb collection of narrative art.

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![Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century [Hardcover] Austin, Bruce A. and Profusely illustrated](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71ZQm1MYQNL._SY425_-1-300x425.jpg)

![In the Courts of Religious Ladies: Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents [Hardcover] Periti, Giancarla](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71cbGJd7edL._SY342_-1.jpg)
![Panaesthetics: On the Unity and Diversity of the Arts (The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series) [Hardcover] Albright, Daniel](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71tyEo5BxYL._SY385_-1.jpg)


![The Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermann [Hardcover] Deborah Dependahl Waters; Kimberley Ahara; Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/51-271x8apL._SY425_-1-300x425.jpg)



![For Forever I'll Be Here: The Art of Marci Washington: Selected Works [Hardcover] Marci Washington](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61-aHfSkpTL._SY466_-1-300x450.jpg)
![Fired by Passion: Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius Du Pacquier [Hardcover] Meredith Chilton and Claudia Lehner-Jobst](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71hhZVkILbL._SY425_-1-300x425.jpg)
![Make It New: Abstract Painting from the National Gallery of Art, 19501975 [Paperback] Cooper, Harry; Breslin, David and Jolly, Matt](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61i1k-PWaAL._SY522_-1-300x450.jpg)
![The Art of Lucy May Stanton: Essays [Paperback] Fowler, Betty Alice; Stanton, Lucy M. and Eiland, William U.](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71Qjv9o3yKL._SY466_-1-300x450.jpg)

![The dot man: George Andrews of Madison, Georgia [Hardcover] Gruber, J. Richard](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71nDRlTt-dL._SY425_-1-300x425.jpg)