Paintings & Sculpture Online
Since the 1820s, the Boston Athenæum has, among other things, functioned as an art museum. In fact, until its own trustees took the lead in founding, in the 1870s, an institution that would eventually dedicate itself to the fine arts in Boston, the Athenæum single-handedly filled that role in the city. Following what would later become standard museum practice, the Athenæum pursued its mission in two ways: by regularly mounting exhibitions of contemporary and historical art; and by collecting objects to form a permanent collection.
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Francis William Pitt Greenwood
John Crookshanks King (1806–1882)
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Mr. Alcott in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882–1945)
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Self-Portrait
Albert Gallatin Hoit (American 1809–1856)
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Andrews Norton
Shobal Vail Clevenger (American 1812–1843)
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Charles Sumner
Robinson and Leadbeater
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Alexander Hamilton
after Giuseppe Ceracchi
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834–1890)
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Checkout Time at the Marlborough-Blenheim (Alexander Hickson)
Bradley Phillips (1929–1991)
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Samuel Eliot
Rembrandt Peale (American 1778–1860)
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Edwin N. Kirk
Henry Dexter (American 1806–1876)
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Annie Linzee Amory Dexter
Benjamin Curtis Porter (American, 1845–1908)
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Lincoln’s Left Hand
Leonard Wells Volk (1828–1895)