1800 – 1848

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videos + essays

Over the next two years, Seeing America will grow to include 100 videos, 18 essays, quizzes, discussion questions and lesson plans.

Karl Bodmer, expedition prints
Karl Bodmer, expedition prints

Bodmer's depictions of North America profoundly impacted the way in which we understand the American landscape.

Thomas Cole, <em>The Voyage of Life</em>
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life

Cole’s extraordinary series chronicles each stage of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age.

Rembrandt Peale, <em>Rubens Peale with a Geranium</em>
Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium

An unusual double portrait: a botanist and his geranium.