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.



![Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film [Paperback] Schmenner, Will and Granof, Corinne](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81D2s-ypoAL._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)
![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)
![Angels and Wild Things: The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak [Paperback] Cech, John](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/91YTCMrs8jL._SY385_.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)
![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)
![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)
![Barcelona Grafica (Spanish Edition) [Hardcover] Sanchez America](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/314ei1d5XoL-1.jpg)

![Challenge of the Modern: African-American Artists, 1925-1945 [Paperback] Sims, Lowery Stokes](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81fUWSgy3KL._SY385_-1-300x385.jpg)
![On The Beach: Chance Portraits From Two Shores [Hardcover] Douglas McCulloh and Jacques Garnier](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71jq7yA5GgL._SY466_-1-300x450.jpg)
![2G 6 Ushida Findlay International Architechture Review (2G, 2) [Paperback] Eisaku Ushida](https://artwheelshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3111yd91mYL-1.jpg)
