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The Great American Hall of Wonders was an exhibition and catalog organized in 2011 by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibit explored a number of themes pertinent to 19th century United States: clocks, Niagara Falls, guns, buffalos, railroads, and "big trees."Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibit website. Retrieved 2011-10-21 Works displayed included patent illustrations, advertisements, and artworks.Brett Zongker. "Patent models join art in new Smithsonian exhibit." Associated Press, July 16, 2011
List of artists Among the artists, illustrators, photographers and inventors exhibited:Perry. Great American Hall of Wonders. Washington DC: Smithsonian, 2011
John James Audubon John James Barralet Albert Bierstadt Richard Norris Brooke George Catlin Frederic Edwin Church James Goodwyn Clonney Thomas Cole Jasper Francis Cropsey Currier and Ives Ferdinand Danton Jr. Felix Octavius Carr Darley Joseph H. Davis Charles Deas Thomas Doughty Robert S. Duncanson Asher B. Durand Thomas Eakins Francis William Edmonds John Whetton Ehninger Alvan Fisher James Gardner Ernest Griset William Michael Harnett Robert Havell Martin Johnson Heade Thomas Hill Winslow Homer Daniel Huntington George Inness Augustus Koch John Lewis Krimmel Arthur Lumley Thomas Moran Samuel Finley Breese Morse William Sidney Mount Eadweard Muybridge Thomas Nast William Notman Bass Otis Charles Willson Peale Raphaelle Peale Henry Cheever Pratt William Ranney John Rapkin Andrew Joseph Russell F.L. Seitz Lilly Martin Spencer John Mix Stanley Eli Terry John Trumbull Elihu Vedder Carleton Watkins Alexander Wilson Henry Worrall Thomas Worth
References
Further reading The Art Newspaper, July 2011, "The Great American Hall of Wonders" by Javier Pes Washingtonian, July 2011, "'Hall of Wonders' Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum" by Sophie Gilbert Inventors Digest, July 2011, "Welcome to the U.S. Hall of Wonders" NPR, Weekend Edition, July 17, 2011, "'Hall Of Wonders' Explores U.S. Innovation" with Linda Wertheimer BBC, July 21, 2011, "Can America's genius for invention endure?" by Jane O'Brien The Washington Post, July 24, 2011, "Smithsonian's 'Great American Hall of Wonders' is a missed opportunity" by Philip Kennicott The New York Times, July 28, 2011, "The World as America Dreamed It" by Edward Rothstein
External links Exhibit website