Art

The National Museum of American History is not an art museum. But works of art fill its collections and testify to the vital place of art in everyday American life. The ceramics collections hold hundreds of examples of American and European art glass and pottery. Fashion sketches, illustrations, and prints are part of the costume collections. Donations from ethnic and cultural communities include many homemade religious ornaments, paintings, and figures. The Harry T Peters "America on Stone" collection alone comprises some 1,700 color prints of scenes from the 1800s. The National Quilt Collection is art on fabric. And the tools of artists and artisans are part of the Museum's collections, too, in the form of printing plates, woodblock tools, photographic equipment, and potters' stamps, kilns, and wheels.

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855 - 1885
ID Number
DL.022467.0001C
catalog number
022467.0001C
accession number
22467
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
nineteenth century
graphic artist
Henriquel-Dupont, Louis Pierre
original artist
Scheffer, Ary
graphic artist
Fleischmann, Jacob
publisher
Knoedler, M.
Goupil & Cie.
ID Number
GA.15468
catalog number
15468
accession number
94830
Initialed and dated watercolorCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
Initialed and dated watercolor
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1866
original artist
Schussele, Christian
ID Number
GA.16641
catalog number
16641
accession number
119780
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
publisher
Force
ID Number
GA.15745.23
catalog number
15745.23
accession number
94830
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1865
original artist
Delaroche, Paul
graphic artist
Girardet, Edouard
publisher
Goupil & Cie.
Knoedler, M.
ID Number
GA.14344
accession number
94830
catalog number
14344
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855 - 1885
ID Number
DL.022467.0001D
catalog number
022467.0001D
accession number
22467
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
late 19th century
1855 - 1885
ID Number
DL.022467.0001A
catalog number
22467.0001A
accession number
22467
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855 - 1885
ID Number
DL.022467.0001E
catalog number
022467.0001E
accession number
22467
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1879
graphic artist
Bertinot, Gustave
original artist
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe
publisher
M. Knoedler
Goupil & Cie.
ID Number
GA.15447
catalog number
15447
accession number
94830
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1830
ID Number
CL.219161
catalog number
219161
219161
accession number
40071
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1815-1835
ID Number
CL.219167
accession number
40071
catalog number
219167
"Belsnickel" figure made of painted wood. Figure is dressed in a long brown coat with ermine, with hemline, cuffs, and border of hood lined in red, and black boots. The figure's eyes, cheeks, and wrinkles are clearly defined by painting and carving.
Description (Brief)
"Belsnickel" figure made of painted wood. Figure is dressed in a long brown coat with ermine, with hemline, cuffs, and border of hood lined in red, and black boots. The figure's eyes, cheeks, and wrinkles are clearly defined by painting and carving. White beard is also carved and painted. The left arm is bent at elbow, clenched flat holding a whip, and a pack on back. Possibly made in Pennsylvania.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
19th century
ID Number
CL.65.1150
catalog number
65.1150
collector/donor number
T-39
accession number
261195
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1826-1855
ID Number
CL.219162
accession number
40071
catalog number
219162
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1870-1879
artist
Frequis, Pedro Antonio
maker
Frequis, Pedro Antonio
ID Number
CL.176399
catalog number
176399
accession number
31785
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1925
Artist
Miller, Benjamin
Associated Name
Bernard, Allen W.
maker
Miller, Benjamin
ID Number
2016.0084.030
catalog number
2016.0084.030
accession number
2016.0084
The original painting of "Return from Golgotha" by Delaroche is in the Musée des Beaux Artes, Nantes, France.Currently not on view
Description
The original painting of "Return from Golgotha" by Delaroche is in the Musée des Beaux Artes, Nantes, France.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1864
date made
1 October, 1864
publisher
Goupil & Cie.
original artist
Delaroche, Paul
Maker
Knoedler, M.
graphic artist
Girardet, Edouard
ID Number
GA.14342
accession number
94830
catalog number
14342

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