William Tylee Ranney was a 19th-century American painter, known for his depictions of Western life, sporting scenery, historical subjects and portraiture. In his 20-year career, he made 150 paintings and 80 drawings, and is considered the first major genre painter to work in New Jersey, and one of the most important pre-Civil War American painters. His work is on display in several museums across the United States. One of his contemporaries opined, "A specimen of Ranney is indispensable wherever a collection of American art exists."
1839 self-portrait
Veterans of 1776 Returning from the War, 1848, Dallas Museum of Art.
Shad Fishing on the Hudson by William Tylee Ranney, 1846, oil on canvas - New Britain Museum of American Art
Union City, New Jersey Commissioner Lucio P. Fernandez at the September 18, 2010 dedication ceremony of the William Ranney historical marker, placed where Ranney's home once stood, at 1215 Palisade Avenue
Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, it is 16 miles south of Hartford. Middletown is the largest city in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. In 1650, it was incorporated by English settlers as a town under its original Native American name, Mattabeseck, after the local Wangunk village of the same name. They were among many tribes along the Atlantic coast who spoke Algonquian languages. The colonists renamed the settlement in 1653.
Middletown skyline
Middletown-Portland Bridge, 1938
Home of Governor Frank Weeks, decorated for "Wesleyan Taft Day", 1909
Smith & Bishel Hardware on Main Street, founded in 1898