"The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history."--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835. From

Central Park and the Plaza William Anderson Coffin

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Mary Vaux Walcott

Wounded to the Rear/One More Shot John Rogers

Down Rent War, Around 1845 Mary Earley

Trees along Stream in Fall William Trost Richards

A Breton Sunday Eugène Lawrence Vail