Mansfield/Richland County Public Library

Great art speaks powerfully, inspires fresh thinking and connects us to our past.

Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries across the nation.

The Picturing America collection is available in the Adult Department at the Main Library, along with a Resource Guide. Ask any librarian for more information;
click here for the Picturing America web site.

Albert Bierstadt, Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865
Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902), Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865. (Accession no. 1991.879) Oil on canvas, 64 1/2 x 96 1/2 in. (163.83 x 245.11 cm.). Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala.; Gift of the Birmingham Public Library.