Description
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.

![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)
![Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot [Hardcover] Asia Society; Chiu, Melissa and Yun, Michelle](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61YM9OYqnL._SY466_-1-300x450.jpg)

![Swedish Wooden Toys (Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Des) [Paperback] Ogata, Amy F. and Weber, Susan](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61pbgkyHjxL._SY385_-1-300x385.jpg)
![Ancient Bronzes through a Modern Lens: Introductory Essays on the Study of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes [Paperback] Ebbinghaus, Susanne; Anderson, Lisa; Bewer, Francesca G.; Bielfeldt, Ruth; Eremin, Katherine; Hemingway, Seán; Lie, Henry; Mattusch, Carol C.; Riederer, Josef and Staehli, Adrian](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/516k-q2VTKL._SY385_-1.jpg)
![Angels and Wild Things: The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak [Paperback] Cech, John](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/91YTCMrs8jL._SY385_.jpg)

![The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Later Ivory Carvings and Small Sculpture [Hardcover] Williamson, Paul](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61YR4fz0JsL._SY466_-1-300x450.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)

![Vision and Spirit The Transcendental Painting Group [Paperback] Blankenship, Tiska & Ed Garman](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/91wyvxMOO2L._SY342_-1.jpg)
![MAN RAY IN AMERICA (The Haggerty Musem of Art Marquette University) [Paperback] Carter, Curtis L. & Francis M. Naumann and Profusely illustrated](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/91hGdi0gtCL._SY425_-1.jpg)

![Transforming Vision: the Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005 [Paperback] Wallace, Kevin and Profusely illustrated](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81oiFiXyg8L._SY342_-1.jpg)