Tag Archives: 1812

“Cross and Cathedral in the Mountains,” Caspar David Friedrich, 1812

Oil on canvas.

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“Mount Vernon, The Seat of the Late General Washington,” S. Seymour, 1812

Line engraving and etching, by the American artist S. Seymour, after the English artist William Russell Birch.  Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.

 

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Richard Westall’s “Sword of Damocles,” 1812

Oil on canvas.

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