1776 / Oil on canvas / 44”x38 5/16” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
The Battle of Long Island~ https://revolutionarywar.us/year-1776/battle-long-island/
Previous August 27 posts:
Self Portraits~August 27
Man Ray: Born August 27, 1890
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/27~
The Birds of America: From Original Drawings by John James Audubon
“Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.” “Engraved, printed & coloured by R. Havell, 1834”
1834 / Hand-colored engraving and aquatint on paper / 39 3/4”x26 15/16” / Various collections
The Migratory Bird Treaty~
https://www.ducks.org/conservation/public-policy/the-migratory-bird-treaty-centennial
Previous August 16 posts:
Self Portraits~August 16
Babe Ruth, February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/16~
1920 / Sheet: 10”x7” / Watercolor on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Previous July 31 posts:
Summer~ July 31
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/31~
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist
https://beatrixpottersociety.org.uk/about-beatrix/
Flammulina Velutipes, or Winter Mushrooms / 1892 / Watercolor / dimensions?
Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954)
American illustrator; first female staff member of Harper’s Weekly
https://americanillustration.org/project/elizabeth-shippen-green/
The Journey / Harper’s Monthly Magazine, December 1903 / Oil on canvas / 40”x28”
This artist, along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, pioneered the regionalist movement in American art during the 1930s.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/15/april-15/
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3FF
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/drawn-heartland
The Misty Miss Christy 