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Photograph of Ashantee, the Avon home of Herbert and Martha Blow Wadsworth, with lawn, drive and tree in the foreground. It was constructed in the late 1880s. Herbert was a grandson of early Geneseo settler James Wadsworth.

Just prior to the War of 1812, British forces worked feverishly to control navigation of the Niagara River, posting batteries every mile along bluffs overlooking the gorge. The one pictured here was located close enough to the village of Lewiston…

Named in honor of Gen. James Wadsworth, killed in the Civil War, this location at the entrance to New York Harbor always has been strategic and featured batteries since Europeans arrived in America.About the Artist: Born in Shelbyville, IN, Ross was…

Located between the towns of Waltham and Belmont, MA the falls were the site of a mill that had burned down and remained a picturesque feature on the estate of landscape architect Robert Morris Copeland. The stream and appear to have been referenced…

Half a dozen lily flowering tulips are depicted in a milk glass vessel known as a “hand vase,” a popular design during the 1870s-80s. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Bowler’s composition is how a soft opalescence is carried across a conch…

Deceptively simple in scenic terms, Fidaroff's painting relies upon a carefully restricted range of colors, shapes, and distinctive landscape features. A river, partially visible at lower left, makes us aware of a serpentine line continuing to upper…

A photograph doesn’t do justice to Sarkadi’s deft use of color and texture upon his paper medium. Were the painting’s few splashes of white removed, we would see three stems of tulip, along with a bit of greenery, in a glass jar set inside of a bowl.…

In a darkened room, light dramatically illuminates an arrangement of flowers and dried oak leaves in a simple white vase. The leaf shapes and Sharp’s brushwork create a flamelike appearance, albeit in a more muted color palette—even the bouquet’s…

Another print of machinery used in the processing of the cotton at Perry Knitting Company.<br />