JEC Art Timeline

By bryanr

  • Louisiana Purchase

    In 1803, the U.S. made the Louisiana purchase for 15 million dollars.

  • Florida Purchased

    Florida was purchased from spain in 1819 for 5 million dollars under the Adams-Onis Treaty.

  • Landscape with Indian

    Landscape with Indian
    This work was painted by Thomas Cole in 1826. It was painted with oil on canvas.

  • Heard of Bisons on the upper Missouri

    Heard of Bisons on the upper Missouri
    This work was painted in hand-coloured aquatint by Karl Bodmer in 1833.

  • Texas Annexed

    Texas was annexed by the U.S. in 1845.

  • Gadsden Purchase

    Purchased from Mexico in 1853 for 10 million dollars.

  • The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix

    The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix
    This work was painted by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait in 1856. It was painted with oil on canvas.