1. MFA VTS: Scenes of Peace and Conflict
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2. Lesson 1

3. At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland
negative 1941, printed later
Jack Delano, American
9 x 13 in.
Photoraphy, dye transfer print
Accession number:

4. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
The Mississippi in Time of Peace
Watercolor for lithograph, published by Currier and Ives, 1865
1865 Fanny Palmer (American (born in England), 1812–1876), Produced for Currier and Ives (American, 1857–1904)
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Karolik 0604
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 46.5 x 71.8 cm (18 5/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER

5. What is going on in this image?
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Untitled (Children playing with their father)
1959
Imogen Cunningham, American, 1883–1976
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 19.2 x 18.7 cm (7 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.) Mount: 36.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print

6. Lesson 2

7. What is going on in this image?
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The Son
1987 Tina Barney (American, born in 1945)
Dimensions
48 x 60 inches
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
C-print
On View
Jeanne and Stokley Towles Gallery (Gallery 261)

8. What is going on in this image?
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Picture of Peace Negotiation with Korea (Chôsen heiwa danban no zu)
「朝鮮平和談判図」
Japanese Meiji era 1882 (Meiji 15), September Artist Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912), Publisher Urano Asaemon (Japanese)
DIMENSIONS
Vertical ôban triptych
ACCESSION NUMBER
a-c

9. What is going on in this image?
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Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz)
1850–53 Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 39
Dimensions
67.3 x cm (26 1/2 x 47 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

10. Lesson 3

11. What is going on in this image?
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The Fog Warning
Halibut Fishing
1885 Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
Dimensions
76.83 x cm (30 1/4 x 48 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
94.72
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

12. What is going on in this image?
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Room in Brooklyn
1932 Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)
Dimensions
Unframed: x cm (29 1/8 x 34 in.) Framed: 88.9 x x 7.6 cm (35 x 39 1/2 x 3 in.)
Accession Number
35.66
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

13. What is going on in this image?
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Boy on horseback
English about Probably by Vauxhall Manufactory (English (London)), Formerly attributed to Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
Object Place: Europe, England
Dimensions
15.24 x cm (6 x 7 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Soft-paste porcelain

14. Lesson 4

15. What is going on in this image?
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The Passage of the Delaware
1819 Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
Dimensions
x cm (146 1/2 x 207 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

16. What is going on in this image?
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Who Visits My Peaceful Garden
1949 Werner Drewes (American (born in Germany), 1899–1985)
DIMENSIONS
66.04 x cm (26 x 34 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas

17. What is going on in this image?
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Storm Over Lake Otsego
1929 John Steuart Curry (American, 1897–1946)
Dimensions
x cm (40 1/8 x 50 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
55.369
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

18. Lesson 5

19. What is going on in this image?
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Watson and the Shark
1778 John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
Dimensions
x cm (72 1/4 x 90 3/8 l
Accession Number
89.481
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

20. The Questioner of the Sphinx
1863
Elihu Vedder, American
92.1 x cm.
Oil on canvas
Accession number:

21. What is going on in this image?
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Untitled (Peace march with pacem in terris sign) from the Women are Beautiful portfolio
published 1981 Artist Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)
DIMENSIONS
Image: 22.4 x 33.3 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.) Sheet: 28 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Photograph, gelatin silver print