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The Critique of Reason:
Romantic Art, 1760—1860

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Ary Scheffer, The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812
Commentary by John Walsh on The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812
Commentary by Matthew Hargraves
Commentary by Matthew Hargraves on Jerusalem
Commentary by Scott Wilcox
Commentary by Scott Wilcox on A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr
Joseph Wright of Derby, Cottage on Fire at Night
Commentary by Bryan Wolf on Cottage on Fire at Night
[Top] Bertrand Andrieu, *Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass*  [Bottom left] Bertrand Andrieu with Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet, *The Mont Blanc School of Mines* (reverse)   [Bottom right] Bertrand Andrieu with Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet, *The Abdication of Napoleon* (reverse)
Commentary by Stephen Scher on Napoleonic commemorative medals
William Hodges, Storm on the Ganges, or Mrs. Hastings near the Rocks of Colgong
Commentary by Gillian Forrester on Storm on the Ganges
Commentary by Gillian Forrester
Commentary by Gillian Forrester on Dort or Dordrecht
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Une famille dans la désolation (A Grief-Stricken Family)
Commentary by Katie Trumpener on Une famille dans la désolation
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Staffa, Fingal’s Cave
Commentary by Anne Higonnet on Staffa, Fingal’s Cave
Richard Parkes Bonington, In the Forest at Fontainebleau
Commentary by Alexander Purves on In the Forest at Fontainebleau
John Constable, Dedham Lock
Commentary by Alexander Purves on Dedham Lock