Chronological Epoch

Masterpieces of 1857

17 Masterpieces Cataloged from this Period

Explore in Feed

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

India Designed by Basawan, painted by Shankar, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

Public ArchiveHigh Res

View of Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Mère Grégoire

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877), 1855, reworked 1857–59

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Mirror Frame with Tree of Life Motif

India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), 17th/18th century

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Portrait of John D. Rockefeller

William C. North (American, 1814–1890), 1857–58

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Kirwuttee, A Temple, India

William Henry Pigou (British, 1818–1858), c. 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)

Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825–1903), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes

Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

The Miners' Bridge, on the Llugwy, North Wales

Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Great Pagoda, Great Bull, Front View, Tanjore, India (Rajarajeshvara Temple), plate 12 from Photographic Views of Tanjore and Trivady (Madras: Madras Presidency)

Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Angel Blowing a Trumpet

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), 1857–59

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Bolton Abbey

David Cox (British, 1783–1859), c. late 1840s-1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Oumayagashi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Japanese, 1797-1858, 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917, 1857

Public ArchiveHigh Res