Discover the early years of our nation through portraits, landscapes, commemorative mourning pictures, weather vanes, and decorative sculptures that reflect the daily lives and aspirations of Americans between the years 1776 and 1865. American Wonder begins in Colonial New England, evoking the world of early settlers, and ends in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the pitched optimism of the Gold Rush met with dreams of a post-Civil War American Eden.
Read full descriptionJohn Brewster, Jr. (attributed to): Portrait of a Boy in Green, c. 1805–10; oil on canvas; 53 ¾ x 32 ¼ in.; gift of W. B. Carnochan.
1835
pastel, watercolor and graphite on paper
18 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.1
1837
ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper
9 1/4 x 7 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.3
1887
ink on paper
5 x 6 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.4
1850
watercolor on paper
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (each)
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo in honor of Jacquelynn Baas
1999.13.a-b
1860
watercolor on gold paper
18 x 23 1/2 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1995.16
1840
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/8 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1977.13
1856
watercolor and pencil on paper
16 1/2 x 12 in. (molded gold leaf frame and reverse painted glass.)
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.7
1785
watercolor on paper
12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.9
1790-1800
oil on canvas
36 x 27 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan
1991.6.1
1820-1830
oil on wood panel
28 x 29 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan
1992.22
1840
oil on canvas
15 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1974.23
1835
pencil and watercolor on paper
6 x 4 1/2 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.14
1852
paper and ink mounted on fabric
11 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.21
1835-1845
oil on panel
27 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1977.24.3
1805-1810
oil on canvas
53 3/4 x 32 1/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan
1991.6.2
painted wood
Overall: 55 x 16 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (depth measured at base)
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1982.3
1816
oil on velvet
17 1/2 x 21 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.2
1815
watercolor on paper
23 x 20 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.6
1840
stencil and graphite wash on paper
8 3/4 x 11 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.8
1831-1841
oil on canvas
24 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1972.79.1
1831-1841
oil on canvas
24 1/2 x 21 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1972.79.2
1795
watercolor and ink on paper
6 1/2 x 5 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.5
1838
pastel on primed sandpaper
21 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1996.7.15
1835-1845
oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 28 in.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo
1977.24.1