THE VOYAGE OF LIFE: MANHOOD 1842

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Man descending down a river in a little boat. He prays for help as he approaches rough rapids ahead. Sunset in the background. Dark clouds above.

THREE ACROBATS 1916

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Watercolor and pencil on paper. Three black-haired acrobats in red suits are swinging through the air.

THUNDERSTORM OVER NARRAGANSETT BAY 1868

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View of sailboats and boatmen. Dark clouds, rainfall, and lightning approaching in the distance.

TOWER OF BABEL, GARDEN OF THE GODS 1880's

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Photograph of the famous natural landmark, The Tower of Babel, in the Garden of the Gods.

TRAIN STATION

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Includes a poster of a work of art from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, informative text, classroom applications, and a bibliography. Walter Ellison portrays a train station in his native Georgia and comments on the racial climate in the United States in the 1930s. White southerners board trains for vacation destinations, while African Americans journey northward to seek jobs during the great migration of rural blacks to urban centers.

TWO HUMMINGBIRDS ABOVE A WHITE ORCHID 1870

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Large white orchid in the foreground of a tropical forest. Two Small hummingbirds are perched on a mossy branch above it.

VAN BERGEN OVERMANtelll 1732-1733

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A panoramic scene of a busy farm with farmers, horses, cows, sheep, etc

VIEW OF CINCINATTI 1850

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View of the town from a distance. Three people in the middle ground talking in front of a log cabin.

WHITE BIRCH 1925

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White tree trunk with traces of green. The tree’s foliage is made up of bright and dark yellows. Focused more on color than on form.