Sanford Robinson Gifford - Other Paintings

Other Paintings

  • "Sunday Morning at Camp Cameron" (at Meridian Hill about two miles northwest of the Capitol in Georgetown Heights) (1861)
    • "Bivouac of the Seventh Regiment at Arlington Heights, Virginia" (1861)
    • "Camp of the Seventh Regiment, near Frederick, Maryland, in July 1863" (1864)
  • "Twilight in the Adirondacks"
  • "A Home in the Wilderness" (1866), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
    • "Evening over the Settler's Home"
  • A seascape (1867) borrowed back by the artist to show in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876.
  • A painting of Sandy Hook
  • "Venetian Isle of San Georgio"
    • "A view near Tivoli"
  • A view of Venice from the Grand Canal, with church Santa Maria della Salute
    • "Fishing Boats in the Adriatic"
  • "Fishing Boats entering the harbor at Brindisi"
    • View of Mount Rainier on Puget Sound, Bay of Tacoma, Washington Territory
    • On the lake of Geneva, near Villeneuve, with the Alps
  • "A Coming Shower over Black Mountain, Lake George" purchased by George C. Clark for $1,025 at auction following artist's death in 1880, 18"h x 34"w.
    • "The Peak of the Matterhorn at Sunrise" purchased by George C. Clark for $950 at auction following artist's death in 1880, 40"h x 28"w. Photos and sketches of SRG's visit to the Matterhorn are available via the Smithsonian Web site.
    • "The Path to the Mountain House in the Catskills" purchased by E. H. Gordon for $505 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Bivouac of the Seventh Regiment at Arlington Heights, Virginia" (1861) purchased by William Schaus for $630 at auction following artist's death in 1880. The painting had been damaged in "the Madison-Square Garden disaster when on exhibition at the Hahnemann Hospital Exhibit, but was afterward restored by the artist," it is reported.
    • "Baltimore in 1862. A Sunset from Federal Hill" sold for $325 at auction following artist's death in 1880. Also damaged to some degree in the Madison-Square disaster, and presumably restored.
    • "Bronx River, New-York" sold for $310 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "On the Sea-Shore, Looking Eastward at Sunset" sold for $305 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "The View from South Mountain in the Catskills" sold for $300 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Hook Mountain, near Nyack on the Hudson" sold for $300 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Outlet of Catskill Lake" sold for $275 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Cliffs at Porcupine Island, Mount Desert" sold for $230 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Echo Lake, in the Franconia Mountains, New Hampshire" sold for $215 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Hudson River valley from South Mountain" sold for $215 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Rocks at Manchester, Mass" sold for $205 at auction following artist's death in 1880.
    • "Hunter Mountain,Twilight" An oil painting that opened the way to modern environmentalism and the Catskill and Adirondack Forest Preserves

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