Exhibitions

Dr. J.V. De Grasse, Colored Genius, August 11, 1854. 

"The Ship Outward Bound," gift from Bannister to De Grasse. 

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Letter from Mrs. Child, The Liberator, November 18, 1864.

"Portrait of Col. Shaw," Mercantile Hall, Boston. 

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The Studios of Providence, Upper Story, Ward Room, Benefit Street, Providence, RI. October, 1869.

"A Portrait of Garrison," "The News Boy," "June Day in the Woods." 

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Boston Art Club Exposition, January, 1873

"Landscape" oil for sale. 

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International Exhibition, 1876, Official Catalogue, Part II, Art Gallery, Annex and Outdoor Works of Art.

Lists Bannister's painting "Under the Oaks" on page 42, number 935. The painting is listed by Bannister as for sale. 

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Boston Art Club Exposition, May 2 - 26, 1877

"Mount Tug, Kellyville, NH" oil for sale. 

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Boston Art Club Exposition, April 17 - May 4, 1878

"On the Pawtuxett River" oil for sale. 

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Boston Art Club, January 15 - February 8, 1879

"Among the Pines" [Samuel Ames, Providence, RI] oil. 

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​​First Exhibition,  Providence Art Club, May 11, 1880

These paintings, unless otherwise noted, were listed by Bannister as for sale. "Winter Day," "Return of the Herd," "After the Masquerade" (not for sale), "A Pasture," "Sheep" (not for sale), "Oaks" (not for sale), "Bowers Cove" (not for sale). Water Colors and Crayons: "Study From Life" (not for sale).  

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​Providence Art Club, December 2, 1880

"Winter Twilight," "November Day," "Evening" (for sale), "Angler." Under the category Water Colors: "Morning Charcoal Study" (for sale), "Sketch at Canton, Mass.,'" "Cloudy Day, in Chalks," "The Wagoner", "Color Study." 

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​Providence Art Club, November 15, 1881

"After A Shower," "An Approaching Shower," "Landscape," "Evening."  Under the category Water Colors: "Sketch." 

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​Boston Art Club, January 29 - February 9, 1881

"At Smith's Place, Narragansett Bay" oil for sale. 

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Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Catalogue of  the Department of Fine Arts, Fourteenth Exhibition, Boston: By the Association, 1881.

The Hill-side Pasture 

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Boston Art Club,  Twenty-Third Exhibition of the Boston Art Club, Exhibition Catalogue. Boston: Mills, Knight and Co., 1882.

"Evening" for sale for $100, oil 

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Providence Art Club, 3d Annual Exhibition, April 17, 1882

"Landscape," "Landscape," "A Study," "On the Plains," "A Providence Dock."  

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Providence Art Club, Catalogue of Pictures to benefit Robert E. Hallworth's Children, December 21, 1882

"Autumn" owned by I. C. Bates, "Landscape" owned by I. C. Bates, "A Marsh" owned by I. C. Bates, "In the Woods" owned by I. C. Bates, "Landscape" Bannister is artist and owner, "Landscape" Bannister is artist and owner.  

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Providence Art Club, Fourth Annual Exhibition, March 14, 1883

Fisherman Becalmed, Narragansett Bay," "Across Country" for sale for $500. 

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Boston Art Club Exposition, 1883

"Hillside" water color for sale for $75 

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Artists' Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut, 1883

"Return of the Fishers at Sunset" 

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Providence Art Club, Autumn Exhibition, October 10, 1883

"Sheep Pasture at the Dumplings, Jamestown, R. I." listed for sale; "Newport, from above the Swamp, Jamestown, R. I." listed for sale. 

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Providence Art Club, Water Color Exhibition, December 6, 1883

"Summer" for sale for $25 

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Providence Art Club, Fifth Annual Exhibition, March 12, 1884

"Landscape," "The Shepherd" for sale for $150. 

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Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, 15th Exhibition, 1884

"A New England Hillside" for sale for $800 

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Providence Art Club, Autumn Exhibition, November 5, 1884

"The Ferry Landing, Jamestown, R.I." for sale for $50, "Mountain Laurel" for sale for $200, "At the Brook" for sale for $150. 

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Cotton Centennial, New Orleans, 1885

"A New England Pasture" 

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Providence Art Club, Spring Exhibition, April 14, 1885

"At Sabin's Point" for sale $500, "Sunset" for sale. 

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Providence Art Club, Autumn Exhibition, November 11, 1885

"Landscape" for sale, "Bridgeport Landing" for sale, "Moonlight off Bailey's Beach, Newport, R. I." for sale. 

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​Boston Art Club, January 15 - February 13, 1886

"Summer" oil for sale for $150 

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Providence Art Club, Spring Exhibition, April 21, 1886

"Marsh Haying," "The Grain Field." 

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Providence Art Club, Autumn Exhibition, November 17, 1886

Under the category of painting: "A Southeaster on the Coast."  

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Providence Art Club, Spring Exhibition, April 26, 1889

​"On the Palmer River, Rehoboth, Mass.," for sale for $100; "The Coming Storm" for sale for $200. 

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Gill Art Galleries, Twelfth Annual Exhibition, 1889

"Landscape, Worcester County," for sale $125; "A New England Pasture," for sale $150.  

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Providence Art Club, Exhibition, November 4 - 18, 1891

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"Sabin's Point," "Potter's Cove," "Shore and Figure" "Coal Dock, East Providence." "At Narragansett Pier," " Oaks and Cattle," loaned by Gorge W. Whitaker, Esq., "Surf at Coggeshall Ledge, Newport," loaned by Robert P. Brown, Esq., "The Newsboy," loaned by Henry C. Sherman, Esq., "Road near the Friend's School," "Tow-Boat in a Storm," "Wild-Flowers and Leaves," "After the Masquerade," "The Woodman," "Early Morning," "Charlestown Navy-Yard," "Cloudy Afternoon," "Providence Harbor," "Homeward-Cattle," "Evening," "Hillside Late-Afternoon," "Interior," loaned by Joseph C. Ely, Esq., "Jesus Led to the House of Caiaphas- A Sketch," loaned by Mrs. Walter Vincent, "Homeward," "A Concert," loaned by Hon. George M. Carpenter, "Landscape with Cattle," "On Palmer River," loaned by John Grimshaw, Esq., "Hauling Rails," loaned by artist,  "Afternoon on the Seekonk," loaned by artist, "The Watering Place - Evening," loaned by artist, "Paradise," loaned by artist, "Sunset After a Storm," loaned by artist, "On Warwick Neck," loaned by artist, "After the Battle - Evening," loaned by artist. 

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Boston Art Club Exhibition, 1891

"Morning on the River, Providence, R.I" 

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Providence Art Club, Summer Exhibition, 1892

​"Load of Hay" owned by Dr. Harris, "City at Twilight" owned by Judge Carpenter, "Ulysses" owned by Judge Carpenter, "Dandelion Pickers" owned by Judge Carpenter, "Landscape with Brats," "Stormcase and Figure" owned by S. A. Smith, "Cattle at Evening" owned by George Whitaker, "Cattle" owned by Eli, "Barrington" owned by Eli, "Glenn" (black and white) owned by Eli, "Cattle" (black and white) owned by Eli, and "Oaks" owned by Eli. 

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Providence Art Club, 100th Exhibition, March 4 - March 25, 1896

​"Summer Afternoon," for sale for $100; "Evening" listed as loaned. 

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Providence Art Club, Annual Exhibition, January 3 - January 15, 1898

​"Summer Afternoon," for sale for $150; "Canton Marshes" for sale for $20. 

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Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchel Bannister: memorial exhibition, May 1901

"After the Shower," A.E. Club; "Driving Home the Cows'" George H. Ames; "Summer Afternoon'" George H. Ames; ""Farmer Green's Meadow," George H. Ames; "Repose," John N. Arnold; "Landscape," Mrs. E.M. Bannister; "His First Water Color," Mrs. E.M. Bannister; "Pastoral," Isaac C. Bates; "Pool," Isaac C. Bates; "Landscape," Isaac C. Bates; "Bath Road Cliff, Newport,"  George N. Bliss; "The Grove," George N. Bliss; "Dutch Cow and Girl", Bliss and Gardner; "On the Way to Gethsemane," Edward S. Bowen; "Blue Hill (near Boston)," Edward S. Bowen; "Approaching Storm," Hugo Bruel; "A Midsummer Day," Robert P. Brown; "A Cool Place," Robert P. Brown; "Fisherman's Return," Robert P. Brown; "Looking East from Homeopathic Hospital," Robert P. Brown; "Coggeshall’s Ledge, Newport, in Storm of 1888," Robert P. Brown; "Hauling Seaweed," Robert P. Brown; "Midday Rest," Robert P. Brown; "Cove, back of Fort Adams," Robert P. Brown; "After the Bath," George A. Buffum; "The Dumplings," George A. Buffum; "Sunset, Newport Harbor,"  George A. Buffum; "At Knightsville," E.M. Burlingame; "Twilight," Charles G. Calder; "Study," James H. Chace; "A Hillside at Knightsville," Mrs. Jennie F. Cole; "Sheep Pasture," Mrs. George H. Corliss; "Landscape with Cattle," Mrs. George H. Corliss; "Ocean Cliffs," Mrs. George H. Corliss; "Evening," Mrs. William J. Danielson; "Hillside Pasture," George C. Darling; "Sunshine and Shadow," Mrs. Mary C. Dart; "Landscape," William C. Dart; "Seaweed Gatherers," Miss Lizzie Early; "At the Wharves," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Sheep,"  Mrs. Alice Ely; "Lowlands," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Willows," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Evening," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Rocky Creek," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Grain Fields," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Twilight," Mrs. Alice Ely; "Sketch, Providence River," (water-color) George F. Hall; "Summer Evening," George F. Hall;  "Presenting Head of John the Baptist," Gustine L. Hurd; "Landscape," Gustine L. Hurd; "Hillside Oaks," John W. Keefe; "Swale Land," John W. Keefe; "Boats Becalmed," Martin W. Kern; "After the Shower," Austin H. King; "Pastures New," Edgar T. Knowles; "Study of Cow," Isaac C. Bates; "Knoll, Roger Williams Park," George C. Kilton; "Rocky Farm, Newport," George C. Kilton; "Fishing,"  Abram Mendenhall; "The Herd," Abram Mendenhall; "A Road to the Valley," Walter L. Munro; "Pleasant Pastures," Walter L. Munro; "The Old Home," Walter L. Munro;  "After the Shower," Allen M. Peck; "Sunset," Allen M. Peck; "A Spring Day," Allen M. Peck; "Sheep,"  Allen M. Peck; "Drying the Nets," Walter A. Peck ; "Cliffs at Newport," William B. Pearce; "Farm Scene," William B. Pearce; "Eventide,"  Mrs. E. G. Radeke; "Rocks near Newport," Dennis H. Sheahan; "The Old Homestead," Dennis H. Sheahan; "Sunset,"  Nicholas Sheldon;  "Golden Light," Nicholas Sheldon; "Palmer River," Scott A. Smith; "Leaving the Gallery," Scott A. Smith; "Sheep and Cattle," Waldo Stewart; "The Drinking-Pool," Waldo Stewart; "On the John Brown Farm," Alfred Stone; "Stormy Sunset," Mrs. H. A. Tillinghast; "Oxen," Mrs. H. A. Tillinghast; "Mountain Laurel," Miss S. E. Usher;  "Beach, near Saugus," Miss S. E. Usher; "The Drinking-Pool," Miss S. E. Usher; "Homeward," Walter B. Vincent; "Rehoboth Woods," Walter B. Vincent; "The Pool," Walter B. Vincent; "Jesus Led to Caiaphas," Walter B. Vincent; "Late Afternoon," Mrs. George L. Vose; "Sunset," Mrs. George L. Vose; "Fagot Gatherers," William R. Walker; "Landscape,"  William B. Weeden; "Sabin’s Point," George W. Whitaker; "Glimpse of the Charles," George W. Whitaker; "After the Masquerade,"  George W. Whitaker; "Cliff Walk, Narragansett," George W. Whitaker; "Edge of the Woods," George W. Whitaker. 

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Gill Art Galleries, 1918 Catalogue.

"A New England Pasture," for sale $150. artist is listed as deceased.

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​Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, March 23 -April 3, 1966.

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"Driving Home the Cows,"  1881, oil on canvas, 32 x 50, Miller Collection; "Sunset,"  1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24, Miller Collection;  "Swale Land,"  1898, oil on canvas, 32 x 46, Miller Collection;" After the Shower," oil on board, 9 x 10, Miller Collection; "Approaching Storm,"   oil on canvas, 40 x 60, Miller Collection; "Hillside Pasture," oil on canvas, 14 x 20, Miller Collection; "Landscape," oil on canvas, 6 x 8, Miller Collection; ""Landscape," oil on canvas, 11 x 15, Miller Collection; "Landscape," oil on canvas, 14 x 16, Miller Collection; "Pleasant Pastures," oil on canvas, 16 x 24, Miller Collection; "Repose," oil on board, 6 7/16 x 5 1/8, Miller Collection;  "Sunrise," oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 20, Miller Collection; "Morning on the Shore," 1892, watercolor, 9 x 14, inscribed "morning on the shore"/ at "The Point"/Newport, RI,  Miller Collection; "Sad Memories," 1882, pencil, 8 1/2 x 6, Illus.: Dover, plate 20, Miller Collection;   "Landscape," 1878, oil on canvas, 8 x 13, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Bequest of Isaac C. Bates;  "Landscape,"  1882, oil on canvas, 16 x 22, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Bequest of Isaac C. Bates; "Landscape," 1884, oil on canvas, 16 x 24, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe; "Lady with a Bouquet," 1885, oil on canvas, 32 x 24, lent by Providence Art Club, gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Usher DeVoll; "Palmer River,"  1885, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 34 1/16,  lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott; "Mill in Knightsville," 1896, oil on canvas, 9 x 12, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott; "At Pawtuxet (By the Brook)," 1899, oil on canvas, 15 x 18, Illus.: Locke, p. 16, lent by the Providence Art Club, gift of Mrs. James Elgar;  "Fort off Jamestown," oil on canvas, 16 x 24, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Eric J.M. Godfrey; "Still Life," oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 25, Illus.: Dover, plate 21 (erroneously listed as Providence Art Club collection), lent by Mr. Bradford F. Swan; "Street Scene,"  1896, oil on panel, 8 9/16 x 5 3/4,  Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, bequest of Isaac C. Bates. 

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Olney Street Baptist Church Memorial Exhibition, August 1, 1965

"Midday Rest," 20x14, Family group eating noonday lunch; "Girl and Cows," 18x12, Girl bringing home cows at evening; "The Drinking Pool," 24x16, Oxen being driven to drinking pool; "Hillside Pasture," 20x14, Landscape with cows and trees; "Farmer Greene's Meadow," 20x14; "Gathering Seaweed," 24x20, Figure of a man pushing wheelbarrow of seaweed; "Landscape," 16x14, Trees and brook; "Sunset," 24x16, Lone figure with setting sun in background; "At Knightsville," 12x9, Factory building with boats on pond; "The Old Homestead," 12x9, An old house nestling among trees; "Pleasant Pastures," 24x16, Landscape with with two grazing cows; "The Water Pool," 16x12, Three female figures filling their buckets at a pool; "Repose," 16x12, Two figures resting at the edge of a brook; "Woodsman Returning,"22x18, Woodsman coming out of forest; "Palmer River," 34x24, Landscape of river and trees; "Swale land," 46x32, Landscape of meadows, trees, and sky; "Approaching Storm," 60x40, Figure of a woodsman and wind tossed trees and stormy skies; "The Milkmaid," 35x22, Farm girl carrying stool and milk pail; "The Salute," 18x14, Two people by wayside waving to passing driver of oxcart; "Sunrise," 18x14, Sun rising behind pastoral landscape; "Landscape,"16x11, Rocks and trees, with water in the distance; "Driving Home the Cows," 50x32, Farm girl driving home herd of cows; "Homeward," 14x9, Worker returning home after a day's toil; "The Farmhouse," 16x10, Group of farm houses nestled among tree studded landscape;  "After the shower," 10x9, Landscape with passing storm clouds; "A Road to the Valley," 9x7, Landscape with figure driving cows along road to the valley; "Landscape," 8x6, Cows drinking at a brook; "Landscape," 8x6; "Morning on the Shore," 14x9, watercolor, Scene at the "Point," Newport; "Story of the Resurrection," 8x5, sketch; "Watercolor," 9x6, Landscape with trees and water; "Sad Memories," 9x6, charcoal sketch.  

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The Gallery of Art, Howard University, Ten Afro-American Artists of the Nineteenth Century, February 3 - March 30, 1967.

"The Old Ferry," 1889, Canvas, 12 1/2 x 10 3/8, lent by Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hope of Washington, D.C.; "Landscape with Sailboat," 1895, canvas, 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 lent by Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hope of Washington, D.C.  

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Amistad II: Afro-American Art, The Department of Art, Fisk University, 1975.

"Untitled (Cattle, River, and Sailboat)," oil on canvas, 14 x 20, Museum of African Art; "Untitled (Man on Horseback, Women, and Cattle," oil on canvas, 61 x 22, Museum of African Art; "Landscape," 1879, oil on canvas, 51/2 x 101/2, Barnett Aden Gallery.  

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American Art in the Barbizon Mood, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, January 23 - April 20, 1975.

"After the Shower," oil on board, 9 x 10, Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.; "Sunset," 1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24, G. William Miller, Massachusetts; "Sunrise," oil on canvas, Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. 

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Selections of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art. 1976.

"Driving Home the Cows,"  1881, oil on canvas, 32 x 50; "Sunset,"  1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24; "Swale Land,"  1898, oil on canvas, 32 x 46; "After the Shower," oil on board, 9 x 10, Miller Collection; "Lady with Bouquet,"  1885, oil on canvas, 32 x 24; "Judith," oil on board, 22 3/4 x 16 7/8. 

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4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape. Providence: Rhode Island College, 1978.

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"Fishing Oil," 30 x 50; "Valley Pasture," oil, 40 x 54; "Portrait of Christina Carteaux Bannister," oil, 36 x 28, Bannister House; "Road to House," oil, 16 x 24, Bannister House; "Cows in Meadow," oil, 12 x 19, Bannister House; "The Old Home," oil, 18 x 24; "Mill at Knightsville," oil, 9 x 12; "Governor Sprague's White Horse," oil, 23 x 30, Rhode Island Historical Society; "At the Oakland Beach," oil 7 7/8 x 11 7/8, Museum of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design; "Street Scene," oil on panel, 8 9/16 x 5 3/4, Museum of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design; "Landscape," oil, 18 x 24, Brown University, Special Collections, The John Hay Library; "Landscape," oil, 5 1/2 x 10 1/2, The Barnett-Aden Collection, Washington, D.C.;  "Landscape," grey wash on paper, The Providence Athenaeum; "Four selected sketches," The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, Bannister Portfolio; Selected memorabilia from the Providence Art Club and the Rhode Island Historical Society. 

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Christie's, Important American Paintings, Drawings  and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries. 1983.

"New England Coast," oil on Canvas, 14 1/8 x 24.  

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Christie's, 19th and 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture. 1984

"Pastoral Near A Farmhouse," oil on board, 8x10, attributed to Edward Mitchell Bannister, bears signature on the reverse. Property of a gentleman. 

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Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.

"Moon Over a Harbor," c. 1868, oil on fiberboard, 9 5/8 x 15 1/4, gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Newspaper Boy," c. 1869, oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 25, gift of Frederick Weingeroff; "Sunset," c. 1875-1880, oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 1/8, gift of Elliot and Rhoda Liffland; "Landscape Near Newport, Rhode Island," c. 1877-1878, oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 25 7/8, gift of Roanld E. Deal; "Woman Walking Down Path," c. 1882, oil on canvas, 20 x 30, gift of Joseph Sinclair; "Five Cows in a Pasture," c. 1882-1884, oil on canvas, 40 x 60, gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Landscape with Man on a Horse," c. 1884, oil on canvas, 26 x 40 1/8, gift of Irwin M. Sparr; "Approaching Storm," c. 1886, oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 60, gift of Willaim G. Miller; "Homeward," c. 1895, oil on canvas, 9 x 14 1/8, gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Seaweed Gatherers," c. 1898, oil on canvas, 24 x 19 7/8, gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank. 

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Hidden heritage : Afro-American art, 1800-1950, 1985.

#14. "Oak Trees," 1870, oil on canvas 34 1/8 x 60 5/8, National Museum of American Art; #15.  "Providence Harbor'" 1881, oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 20 1/4, collection of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Levin, Providence; #16, "Palmer River," 1885, oil on canvas, 24 x 34, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mechnig, Providence; #17. "Landscape Figures and Cows," 1890, 24 x 36, Collection of Francine and Marilyn Aron, Cranston, RI.

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The Eden of America: Rhode Island Landscapes, 1820-1920. Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art. 1986.

"Sabin Point," 1885, oil on Canvas, 37 1/4 x 64 1/4. Brown University, Providence, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. George Warren Gardner. 

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Christie's, 19th and 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture. 1989.

"Gathering Clouds," 1881, oil on Canvas, 9 x 12. 

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Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.

"Untitled (Rhode Island Seascape)," c. 1856 Oil on canvas, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Prudence Xelson Bell." 1864 Oil on canvas, 25 x 21, Collection of Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, Jr.; "Untitled (Moon over Harbor)," c. 1868 Oil on fiberboard, 9 5/8 x 15 1/4, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Governor Sprague's White Horse," 1869 Oil on canvas, 23 x 30, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; "Herdsman with Cows," 1869 Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 51 1/2, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Harry-Leven; "Untitled (Man with Two Oxen)," 1869 Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 1/4, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.; Gift of Dr. Peter A. Pizzarello; "Scene Along the Connecticut River," Westmoreland, c. 1870, Oil on canvas, 20 x 30, Harvard Musical Association, Boston; "Sunny Landscape," c. 1870 Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 Bomani Gallery, San Francisco; "Sunset," c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 1/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Elliot and Rhoda Liffland; "Train, "c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 6 1/8 x 8 1/4, National Museum of American Art. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Frederick and Joan Slatsky; "Hillside Pasture," 1877, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 20 x 30, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton; Gift of the Friends of the New Jersey State Museum; "The Palmer River," Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1877 Oil on fiberboard, 14 15/16 x 10 1/8, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates; "Untitled (Trees and Shrubbery)," 1877 Oil on canvas, 10 x 13 1/4, Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge. Massachusetts; "Untitled (Landscape with Moored Boat)," 1879 Oil on canvas, 14 x 20, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Joseph Sinclair; "Untitled (Woodcutter on a Path)," 1879 Oil on canvas, 16x22, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Louis Glaser; "At the Oakside Beach," late 1870s Oil on canvas, 8 1/2 x 12 1/2,  Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates; "Untitled," late 1870s, Oil on canvas, 12 1/2: x 20 1/2, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Williams, Jr.; "Woman on a Road Near a Stream," late 1870s Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2,  Collection of Judge Frederick L. Brown; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; "Untitled (Man on Horseback, Woman on Foot Driving Cattle), 1880 Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 22 1/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Walking Along a Path," c. 1880 Oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 9 1/2, Collection of Judge Frederick L. Brown; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; "Kid's Road," 1 880s Oil on canvas, 5x8,  Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins; "Landscape, Clouds," 1880s Oil on canvas, 5x8 Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins; "Untitled (Landscape with Waterfall)," 1880s Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 Private collection; "Last Glow," 1881, Oil on burlap, 28 1/4 x 36, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division; The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation; "Untitled (Cows Descending Hillside)," 1881 Oil on burlap, 11 1/8 x 15, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Louis Glaser; "The Evening Track," 1883 Oil on canvas, 9x13, Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells; "Summer Meadow," 1883 Oil on canvas, 9x12, Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells; "Untitled (Girl in a Meadow)," 1884, Oil on canvas, 18 x 26, Collection of Francis and Patricia Scola; "Untitled (Landscape with Man on Horse)," 1884 Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 40 1/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Irwin M. Sparr; "Palmer River," 1885 Oil on canvas, 24 x 54, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Mechnig; "Sabin Point, Narragansett Bay," 1885 Oil on canvas, 37 1/4 x 64 1/4, Brown University, Gardner House, Providence, Rhode Island; Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. George W. Gardner; "The Woodsman," 1885, Graphite on paper, 20 1/2 x 14 3/4, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island; Bequest of Ruth Elj; "Farmer Green's Meadow," 1886 Oil on canvas, 15 x 21, Kenkeleba House, New York; "Jamestown, Rhode Island," 1887 Oil on canvas, 13 x 24, Collection of Dr. Harmon and Harriet Kelley; "Untitled," 1888, Oil on canvas, 16 x 24, Kenkeleba House, New York; "Bath Road Cliff, Newport," 1889 Oil on canvas, 28 x 46, Collection of Frederick G. and Marion E. Emerson; "Road to a House with Red Roof," 1889 Oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 24, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island; Extended loan from Bannister Nursing Care Center; "Untitled (Woman at the Well)," 1890 Graphite and pastel on paper, 19 3/4 x 15, Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; "Hauling Rails (Untitled /Boy and Man with Oxen])," 1891 Oil on canvas, 40 1/8 x 60 1/4, National .Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Leucothea Rescuing Ulysses," 1891, Oil on canvas, 9x12, Newport Hospital, Rhode Island; "Four Cows in a Meadow," 1893 Oil on canvas, 12 x 19, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island; Extended loan from Bannister Nursing Care Center; "People Near Boat, 1893 Oil on canvas, 14 x 19 7/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Harvey Golden: "Untitled (Forest Scene)," 1893 Oil on canvas, 14 x 20, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Michael Marks; "Untitled (Shoreline with Sailboats and Roof)," 1893 Oil on canvas, 14 x 24, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Joseph Sinclair; "Hay Gatherers," c. 1893 Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 Collection of Norbert Fleisig, M.I).; "At the Pawtuxet (By the Brook)," 1895 Oil on canvas, 15x18, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island; Gift of Mrs. James Elgan; "The Mill in Knightsiille," 1896 Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 1/2 Collection of Joseph K. Ott; "Untitled (Plow in the Field), 1897 Oil on canvas, 11 1/4 x 17 1/2, Collection of Dr. Harmon and Harriet Kelley; "Seaweed Gatherers," 1898 Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 7/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)," 1898 Oil on canvas, 18x22 Kenkeleba House, New York; "The Old Home," 1899 Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 Collection of Joseph K. Ott; "Untitled (Landscape)," 1899 Oil on canvas, 14 x 20, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.; "Street Scene," late 1890s Oil on canvas, 8 9/16 x 5 3/4, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates; "Buttonwood Cove," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 7 x 10 3/4,  Providence Athenaeum, Rhode Island; "Christiana Carteaux Bannister", n.d. Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 28, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island; Extended loan from Bannister Nursing Care Center; "Fort Dumpling, Jamestown, Rhode Island," n.d. Oil on canvas, 16x24, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eric J.M. Godfrey; "Portrait of Judith," n.d. Oil on board, 17 1/2 x 11 3/4, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island; Gift of Maxwell Mays; "Saint Luke." n.d. Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 18 1/8,  National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D C; Gift of Alan M. Gilstein and William J. Piccerelli; "Untitled," n.d. Ink on paper, 7 x 9 3/4, Providence Athenaeum, Rhode Island; "Untitled," n.d. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 Providence Art Club, Rhode Island; "Untitled," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 7 x 10 1/4, Providence Athenaeum, Rhode Island;  "Untitled (Bass Rock)," n.d. Oil on canvas, 10 x 14 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Untitled (Cove with House)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 6 x 9 1/2, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Dock and Water)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 6 x 9 1/2,  Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Dock, Sea, and Beach)," n.d. Watercolor on- paper, 6 x 9 1/2,  Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Five Cows at Waterbole)," n.d. Graphite on paper, 4 1/2 x 7 1/4,  The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Untitled (Floral Still Life)," n.d. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 25,  National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank; "Untitled (Horse and Cart)," n.d. Graphite on paper, 6 x 9 1/2, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Landscape with Bridge)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 19 x 29 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Untitled (Landscape with Cows)," n.d. Graphite and pastel on paper, 4 1/2 x 7 1/4, The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Untitled (Landscape with Cows and Stream)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Driskell; "Untitled (Landscape with Houses and Trees)," n.d.b Watercolor on paper, 10x7, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Driskell; "Untitled (Landscape, Woods)," n.d. Graphite on paper, 6 1/2 x 10, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Log on Beach)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 6 x 9 1/2, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; "Untitled (Maiden of the Sea)," n.d. Oil on canvas, 1 5 x 11 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Untitled (Oak Trees)," n.d. Graphite on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 3/4, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Driskell; "Untitled (Oxen and Cart with Figures)," n.d. Graphite on paper, 5 1/8 x 9 1/2, The Aluseum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Untitled (Rhode Island Coast)," n.d. Watercolor on paper, 12 x 17, Kenkeleba House, New York; "Untitled (Woodsman Returning)," n.d. Oil on canvas, 22 x 18, Collection of Nicholas P. Bruno, M.D. 

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The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994 (San Antonio venue). 

"Driving Home the Cows," c.1885, oil on canvas, 21 x 29 1/2; "Landscape and Boat," c.1880, oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 29 1/4; "The Plow," c.1897, oil on canvas, 11 1/2 x 17 1/2; "Jamestown," c.1887, oil on canvas, 13 x 23 1/2; "Little Compton, Rhode Island," c.1880, oil on mahogany panel, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2; "Afternoon Pond," c.1895, oil on canvas, 15 1/4 x 28 3/4; "Ox and Cows in a Landscape," c.1885, oil on canvas, 20 x 24; "After the Bath," c.1891, oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 39 1/2, promised gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Kelley.  

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Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1998. 

"Untitled (Landscape with a Pond)," c.1876, oil on canvas, 7.75 x 11.75; "Untitled (Landscape with Cows)," c.1880, watercolor on paper, 6.75 x 10.  

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African-American artists : Bannister to Mitchell : February 6-April 3, 1999. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 1999.

​"Landscape With A Boat," 1898, oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 8 5/16. 

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Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001.

"Bass Rock," oil on canvas, 10 x 14 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Boston Street Scene," oil on panel, 8 x 5 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Dr. John V. DeGrasse," c. 1848, oil on canvas, 23 x 19 Kenkeleba House, New York; Lucretia Cordelia Howard," pastel, 15 1/2 x 12 1/2, initialed middle left, Kenkeleba House, New York; "Maiden of the Sea," oil on canvas, 14 x 10 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; Maine Coast," oil on board, 11 x 15 Kenkeleba House, New York; Old North Bridge," water color, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; Raging Surf," c. 1888, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 Kenkeleba House, New York; Rhode Island Coast," water color, 12 x 17 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Rhode Island Landscape," c. 1898, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Rhode Island Seascape," c. 1856, oil on canvas, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Roses," c. 1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 Kenkeleba House, New York; "The Path Home," oil on canvas, 24 x 36 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Woodland Interior," c. 1881, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 Kenkeleba House, New York; "Landscape," water color, 7 x 10 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston;  "Landscape, House and Sea" water color, 4 x 6 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Landscape with Cows," charcoal & chalk on colored paper, 5 x 7 3/4 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Landscape with Five Cows," 1895, charcoal on paper, 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; "Landscape, Cows, Field, Ocean," 1895, oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 24 1/8 Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI; "Leucothea Rescuing Ulysses," oil on canvas, 9 x 12 Newport Hospital, Newport, RI;  "The Woodsman," c. 1888, graphite on paper, 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 Providence Art Club, Providence, RI;  "Arlington Avenue," c. 1888, oil on artist board, 12 x 20 Rhode Island College, Providence, RI;  "Apple Trees in a Meadow," oil on canvas, 20 x 24 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "East Meadow," oil on canvas, 10 x 14 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Grazing in Tall Grass," 1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Narragansett Pier," 1884, water color on paper, 8 x 12 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Oyster Raking, Hudson River," 1882, charcoal on paper, 9 x 5 1/2 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Providence River Sketch," watercolor, 7 3/4 x 11 1/2 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Woodland Pond," oil on board, 12 x 16 Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI; "Cattle Grazing," 1895, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 University Club, Providence, RI; "Along the Palmer River," oil on canvas, 10 x 14 Anonymous Lender; "Coming Home," oil on canvas, 17 x 21 Anonymous Lender; "Fort Dumpling, Jamestown, Rhode Island," oil on canvas, 16 x 24 Anonymous Lender; "Grazing Sheep," 1881, oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 30 1/4 Anonymous Lender; "Herding the Cattle," oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 22 1/4 Anonymous Lender; "Landscape," 1898, oil on canvas, 14 x 22 Anonymous Lender; "Providence River," 1881, oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 20 1/4 Anonymous Lender; "The Haygatherers," oil on canvas, 17 1/8 x 23 1/8 Anonymous Lender; "Kid's Road," 1880-1889, oil on canvas, 5 x 8 Dr. Warren and Charlynn Goins; "Landscape with Clouds," oil on canvas, 5 x 8 Dr. Warren and Charlynn Goins; "Landscape with a Boat," 1898, oil on canvas, 6 x 9 1/4, Bill Hodges; "Rhode Island Landscape," oil on canvas, 12 x 20, Dr. Harmon & Harriet Kelly; "Palmer River," 1885, oil on canvas, 24 x 34, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Mechnig; "Crossing the Bridge Before Sunset," 1893, oil on canvas, 16 x 26, Benjamin E. Perry; "Landscape with Cow and Figure," 1881, watercolor on paper, 13 1/4 x 19 1/4, George & Joyce Wein; "The Oxen Wagon," oil on canvas, 16 x 24, George & Joyce Wein. 

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African-American artists - III.  New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002.

Attributed to Edward Bannister: "Title Unknown," pastel on paper, c. 1880s, image 8 x10, paper 9 3/4 x 13; "Title Unknown​," pastel on paper, c. 1880s, image 8 x10 3/4, paper10 1/4 x 13 1/4;  "Title Unknown​," pastel on paper, c. 1880s, image 8 x10 3/4, paper10 x 13 1/4; "Title Unknown​," pastel on paper, c. 1880s, image 7 1/2 x10 1/2, paper10 x 13 3/4. 

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African American Fine Art. New York, NY: Swann Galleries, February 6, 2007.

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"Untitled,"  c. 1880, oil on cardstock board, 6 1/4 x 8 1/4. 

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African American art: 200 years : 40 distinctive voices reveal the breadth of nineteenth and twentieth century art. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, January 11 - March 15, 2008.

"Harvest," 1884, oil on canvas, 30 x 22; "The Oxen Wagon," 1885, oil on canvas, 16 x 24. 

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Schwab, Tess. African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766-1916. New York: Babcock Galleries, 2010.

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"Derryman​," c. 1880, oil on Canvas, 23 x 36,  Kenkeleba House, New York; "Lucretia Cordelia DeGrasse," after 1852, pastel on paper, 15 1/4 x 12 1/4,​ Kenkeleba House, New York. 

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Bill Hodges Gallery, Decades of Acquisitions: Works on Paper from the Collection, 2022.

​"The Hay Wagon," undated, sold. 

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