North Highland Methodist

Pauline Tidmore

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Early Moonrise, Ben Foster, oil on canvas
This painting represents several African American figures standing on the banks of a body of water. They are watching three figures standing in the water, two men baptizing a woman wearing white. The water appears to ripple outward from this group of three figures, and there is a staff or stick emerging from the water to the right of the group. The background of the painting is heavily wooded, and there is a tree represented on the banks behind the group of figures in the water.
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas
In this round print in black ink on paper, two centrally located figures work to produce maple sugar. While the figure on the right carries to buckets with a yolk at his neck, the figure at the left dumps the same type of bucket into a larger vessel. Behind this figure at the left are two oxen yolked to move the larger vessel. In the background (behind the group) is a barn, a maple tree tapped to produce maple syrup, and partially visible trees. At the bottom of thep rint is a small still life that incldues maple leaves and implements used in the production of maple syrup.