Virginia Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Texts contained in Resource Library by named authors listed by author name
(above: John Trumbull, Surrender
of Lord Cornwallis, 1820, oil on canvas, Rotunda of the US Capitol.
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
The Virginia Landscape, article by James C. Kelly & William M. S. Rasmussen
First Fitzhughs of Virginia: A Colonial Dynasty Painted by John Hesselius, article by William Rasmussen
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend, article by William Rasmussen
(above: Edward Beyer (1820-1865), The Peaks of Otter and the Town of Liberty, 1855, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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