List of works by Frank Weston Benson

Eleanor, 1907, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Great White Herons, 1933

Silver Screen, 1921, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Main article: Frank Weston Benson

List of Works by Frank Weston Benson provides examples of Frank Weston Benson's works throughout his career. His works span a number of genres and mediums.

• Portraits
• Family
• Wildlife
• Interiors and still lifes

Benson worked in oil paint, watercolor, etching and dry point. Over his career he made over 600 watercolor paintings.

Portraits

Benson was commissioned by distinguished New England families to paint portraits of family members. His own family members were favorite subjects.

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Sleeping Boy, oil on canvas		1879	24 in × 20 in (61.0 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 72920296	Private collection	Sleeping Boy is a primitive painting of a boy who fell asleep at the dinner table, his hands resting on his arms.
Portrait of Henry Fitz Gilbert Waters, oil on canvas		1882	8 in × 10 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm) IAP 8A220034	Private collection	The portrait was made of a man with a gray beard and moustache.
Portrait of Joseph Lindon Smith, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Joseph Lindon Smith 1884 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1884	25.5 in × 20.8 in (64.8 cm × 52.8 cm) IAP 89170053	Private collection	Benson studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1883 and shared an apartment with fellow student, Joseph Lindon Smith.
My Sister (or Portrait of Betty), oil on canvas		1885	35.5 in × 29.5 in (90.2 cm × 74.9 cm) IAP 89170054	Private collection	Subject: Elisabeth (Lizzie Betty) Benson (age 13).
Portrait of Margaret Washburn Walker, oil on canvas		1886	43 in × 36.5 in (109.2 cm × 92.7 cm) IAP 8A220001	Private collection	Starting with Portrait of Margaret Washburn Walker Benson began receiving commissions from judges, college presidents, and businessmen to paint portraits of themselves and family members. He also painted portraits of friends and family. This particular portrait required twenty-six sittings.
Portrait of Charles Hamlin, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Charles Hamlin oil 1887 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1887	28 in × 21.5 in (71.1 cm × 54.6 cm) IAP 8A220002		Subject: Charles S. Hamlin (1861–1938), American lawyer and first Chairman of the Federal Reserve System (1914-1916).
In Summer, oil on canvas		1887	25 in × 21 in (63.5 cm × 53.3 cm) IAP 89170010	Private collection	Subject: Ellen Perry Peirson (1860-1954), artist's wife. The painting, In Summer, was made one year before Benson married Ellen Perry Peirson. She is seated, facing left, with a landscape in the background.
Portrait in White, oil on canvas (or Portrait of My Wife)		1889	48.3 in × 38.3 in (122.7 cm × 97.3 cm) IAP 08600941	National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC	The National Gallery of Art reports a conservation analysis, providing insight into the way in which Benson made this painting. Benson sketched the image of the woman onto the canvas, the background was painted in dark green paint and her dress was blocked in with white paint. Benson first painted the woman's skin in yellow-tan paint and then over that a cool pink. The paint for the woman's dress was applied in a thick application of paint, or impasto, which created the stripes on the sleeves. Review of x-rays of the paintings reveal that Benson's only compositional change was with her right eye. Benson's daughter Sylvia owned the painting before it was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art in 1977.
Girl in a Red Shawl, oil on canvas		1890	32.3 in × 32.3 in (82.0 cm × 82.0 cm) IAP 20490110		Scene: portrait of girl seated facing left with right hand clasping red shawl at her chest.
Portrait of Alice Bacon, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Alice Bacon oil 1891 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1891	36 in × 29 in (91.4 cm × 73.7 cm)		Subject: Alice Bacon, wife of W. Sturgis H. Lothrop.
Twilight (or Twilight in the Desert), oil on canvas	File:Twilight oil 1891 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1891	39.5 in × 49.5 in (100.3 cm × 125.7 cm) IAP 89170057		Scene: female figures (2) seated in an interior; woman at right wears white dress, red shawl draped on back of sofa; woman at center wears black dress; glowing light shines at left near music stand/vase of white flowers.
Portrait of Alexander Pope, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Alexander Pope oil 1892 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1892	22.5 in × 19.3 in (57.2 cm × 49.0 cm) IAP 8A220003		Subject: Alexander Pope (1849-1924), American artist.
Before the Ball (or Lamplight), oil on canvas		1893	50 in × 40 in (127.0 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 8A220037		Scene: interior with 2 women, one standing facing forward with one hand on her hip and the other resting on back of chair; 2nd woman is seated in background facing left; fireplace at right.
Portrait of Emily Vanderbilt Binney, oil on canvas		1894	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm)		Subject: Emily Vanderbilt Binney.
Decorative Head, oil on canvas	color image	1894	20 in × 24 in (50.8 cm × 61.0 cm) IAP 20490111	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Decorative Head is a portrait of a woman wearing a kimono.
Portrait of Margaret White Richardson, oil on canvas laid down on board		1895	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 62642703		Subject: Margaret White Peirson, wife of Maurice Howe Richardson (1851-1912; m. 1879; Surgeon-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, appointed 1911; Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, 1907-1912).
Portrait of Harold and Katherine Walker, oil on canvas		1895	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 20492458		Subjects: Harold D. Walker (child dressed in sailor suit); Katherine M. Walker (child dressed in white); brother and sister.
Young Girl, oil on canvas	search collection	1895	23 in × 20 in (58.4 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 61511148	Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
My Little Girl, oil on canvas		1895	44.5 in × 36 in (113.0 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 89170059		Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor, seated with cat beside her.
Portrait of a Boy (or My Little Boy), oil on canvas	File:Portrait of a Boy oil 1896 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1896	30 in × 26.5 in (76.2 cm × 67.3 cm) IAP 46470006	Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA	Portrait of a Boy provides evidence of Benson's study in Paris of the interplay and contrasts between light and dark. Benson's son, George, was the model for this painting.
Portrait of Amy Gordon Grant, oil on canvas		1896	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm)	Private collection	Subject: Amy Gordon Grant.
Portrait of Judge Robert Grant, oil		1896	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 82190634
Seated Lady in White, oil		1896	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 61511862
Portrait of a Child Sewing, oil on canvas	color image	1897	30.3 in × 24 in (77.0 cm × 61.0 cm) IAP 36270054	National Academy Museum, New York City	Scene: young girl works intently on a small piece of blue cloth; doll lies on her lap.
Portrait of Katherine Cavanaugh, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Katherine Cavanaugh oil 1897 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1897	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 63005461		Subject: Katherine Cavanaugh (sometimes spelled CavEnaugh).
Self Portrait, oil on canvas		1898	21 in × 17 in (53.3 cm × 43.2 cm) IAP 36270053	National Academy Museum New York City
Children in the Woods (or My Children in the Woods; or In the Woods), oil on canvas		1898	40 in × 40.5 in (101.6 cm × 102.9 cm) IAP 8A730024 IAP 61080016	Private collection	Benson's two oldest children, Eleanor and George, are the subjects of this painting. Eleanor is dressed in white and George sits on the ground, dressed in a sailor suit. In 1889 Benson exhibited Children in the Woods at the "Ten American Painters" second exhibition; It was the first Impressionist oil painting that Benson exhibited.
Young Girl In Profile, oil on canvas	File:Young Girl in Profile oil 1898 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1898	20.3 in × 16 in (51.6 cm × 40.6 cm) IAP 63005709 IAP 89550005		Subject: girl seated facing right wearing white dress with blue ribbon around her neck.
Child in Sunlight, Maine, oil on canvas		1899	30 in × 24.1 in (76.2 cm × 61.2 cm) IAP 62642249	Private collection	Subject: Sylvia, artist's daughter. Painted en plein air, or in the open air, at the family's summer home near the sea.
Gertrude, oil on canvas		1899	50 in × 40 in (127.0 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 20490112	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Subject: seated portrait of young Gertrude wearing white dress and seated in small white rocking chair.
The Sisters, oil on canvas		1899	40 in × 39.5 in (101.6 cm × 100.3 cm) IAP 60510024 IAP 80240014 IAP 8A730034	Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL	Painted at Benson's summer home. Sylvia, the toddler, has lost her bonnet and appears to have recently started walking. Her 6 year-old sister, Elisabeth, looks on. Benson skillfully captures the sunlight in the girl's clothing, the grass and sea. A breeze is suggested by Sylvia's billowing dress and the flying ribbon from the back of her dress. A successful painting for Benson, it won prestigious awards and appeared in exhibitions for two decades.
Portrait of Marjorie Coldwell Westinghouse (or Portrait of Miss Westinghouse; or Young Girl in a White Dress), oil on canvas		1899	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 8A220038		Subject: Marjorie Coldwell Westinghouse.
Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of a Woman oil 1899 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1899	26.0 in × 22.0 in (66 cm × 55.8 cm)
Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Thaw and Her Son, oil on canvas		1900	60 in × 39.5 in (152.4 cm × 100.3 cm) IAP 62410024		Subjects: Mrs. Benjamin Thaw; Alexander Blair Thaw, III, as a child.
Portrait of Elizabeth (c. 1901), oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Elizabeth c1901 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1901	30 in × 24 in (76.2 cm × 61.0 cm) IAP 8A730023		Subject: artist's daughter, Elizabeth, standing on sunny hillside gazing down and holding straw hat.
Eleanor, oil on canvas		1901	29.8 in × 25.2 in (75.6 cm × 64 cm) IAP 47480053	Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI	Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor, standing in sunny landscape with right hand on hip and left hand shielding eyes from sun.
Portrait of a Lady, oil on canvas	color image	1901	40.1 in × 32.4 in (101.9 cm × 82.3 cm) IAP 36120281	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Subject: seated woman wearing "Watteau style" dinner gown with low-cut neckline, snug bodice, and frilled half-length sleeves; wearing dark hat and yellow/orange shawl.
Eleanor Holding a Shell (or Eleanor Holding a Shell, North Haven, Maine), oil on canvas		1902	30.3 in × 25 in (77.0 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 89180003	Private collection	Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor, holding large seashell against her body as she peers down at it.
Child with a Seashell, oil on canvas		1902	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 89170062		Scene: artist's daughter, Eleanor, faces left holding large seashell close to face with both hands peering into it.
Portrait of Mary Sullivan, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Mary Sullivan oil 1902 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1902	84 in × 54 in (213.4 cm × 137.2 cm) IAP 63001795		Subject: Mary Sullivan; full-length portrait of model with left hand on hip; she wears velvet gown with deep V-neck and stands before oriental screen.
Sunlight, oil on canvas	File:Sunlight (Sylvia) oil 1902 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1902	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 89170068		Scene: portrait of artist's daughter, Sylvia, standing in garden near her mother's knees, she wears white dress/tights and has bow in her hair; her mother, Mrs. Benson, is cut off, only part of her body/face is seen, cat sits on her lap, her right arm is behind Sylvia's back.
Portrait of Two Little Girls (or Two Sisters), oil on canvas		1903	40 in × 32 in (101.6 cm × 81.3 cm) IAP 89170065	Private collection	The painting is made of Benson's nieces, Rosamund and Ruth Benson. The girls are daughters of Benson's brother Harry.
The Hilltop, oil on canvas	File:The Hilltop oil 1903 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1903	71 in × 51 in (180.3 cm × 129.5 cm) IAP 21850010	Malden Public Library, Malden, MA	Scene: portrait of two of the artist's children, Eleanor (later, Mrs. Ralph Lawson) and George (George Emery Benson)], and their dog on a hill.
Four Children at North Haven (c. 1903), oil on canvas		1903	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 71500865		Scene: coastal woodland scene depicting three girls and a boy playing on sun-dappled grass beneath evergreen trees; two girls in conversation on left; boy and toy sailboat on right; girl standing between others with right hand resting on tree branch; sailboats are visible in background on ocean.
Study - Boy's Head, oil on canvas	color image	1903	60.3 in × 23.8 in (153.2 cm × 60.5 cm)		Scene: artist's son, George, in profile sitting in grasses looking out to sea.
Portrait of Jane Shattuck, oil on canvas	color image	1904	39.5 in × 31 in (100.3 cm × 78.7 cm) IAP 22620383	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA	Subject: Jane Shattuck Chase (as a young girl).
Lady Trying on a Hat (or The Black Hat), oil on canvas		1904	40.3 in × 32 in (102.4 cm × 81.3 cm) IAP 47480077	Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI	Subject: seated woman holding black hat slightly above her head.
Portrait of a Model-Mary Sullivan, oil pastel on paper	color image	1904	26 in × 20.3 in (66.0 cm × 51.6 cm) IAP 89170064 IAP 18830501	Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME	Subject: Mary Sullivan; profile.
Mary Sullivan (or Woman Looking in a Mirror), oil oncanvas		1904	25 in × 20 in (63.5 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 89170017		Subject: Mary Sullivan; model looking down into hand mirror in her right hand.
Eleanor in the Dory (or Study for Calm Morning), oil on canvas		1904	20 in × 16 in (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm) IAP 89170067		Subject: Eleanor in rowboat dropping fishing line into water; she wears white dress with bow in her long, blond hair; her back is to viewer.
Children in Woods, oil on canvas		1905	32 in × 30 in (81.3 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 36120869	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Children in the Woods (1905) depicts a forest scene of Benson's three daughters, Eleanor, Elisabeth and Sylvia who are all dressed in white. The girls are highlighted by sunlight through the trees.
Girl with Pink Bow, oil on canvas		1905	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 82190232	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA	Subject: artist's daughter Sylvia.
Girl with Pink Bow, oil on canvas		1905	20.4 in × 24.5 in (51.8 cm × 62.2 cm) IAP 84780035
Philip Little, oil on canvas	File:Philip Little oil 1906 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1906	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 22620558	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA	Scene: Philip Little (1857-1942), painter.
Portrait of Sue, oil on canvas		1906	63.3 in × 32.2 in (160.7 cm × 81.9 cm)
The Artist's Daughters or The Dining Room		1906		Private collection
Rainy Day, oil on canvas		1906	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 12000025	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Elisabeth, the artist's daughter, is curled up before a fireplace on a rainy day, reading a book.
Against the Sky, oil on canvas		1906	41 in × 34 in (104.1 cm × 86.4 cm) IAP 61503158 IAP 8A220032		Scene: woman wearing white dress and hat with sheer white veil is standing under cloudy blue sky and holding parasol open at her side.
Girls in the Garden (c. 1906), oil on canvas		1906	30 in × 24.8 in (76.2 cm × 63.0 cm) IAP 89170022		Scene: girls (2) seated on grass; woman standing/touching leaves on plant at left.
Summer Afternoon, oil on canvas	File:Summer Afternoon oil 1906 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1906	30 in × 40 in (76.2 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 28110007 IAP 88740048 IAP 89170020		Scene: artist's daughters seated on grassy slope overlooking sea; Elisabeth, at left near dog, raises hand to shield eyes from sun; Eleanor, at right, holds parasol and turns head to look toward viewer; Sylvia, in center, plays with her ringlets; sailboats float in background.
Eleanor in the Pines, oil on canvas		1906	36 in × 26 in (91.4 cm × 66.0 cm) or 17 in × 24 in (43.2 cm × 61.0 cm) IAP 89170069		Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor, seated under pines with hands clasped around knees.
Atherton Loring Jr., oil on canvas	search collection	1906	40.3 in × 32 in (102.4 cm × 81.3 cm)	Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA	Subject: Atherton Loring, Jr.
Eleanor, oil on canvas	color image	1907	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 20490113	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	One of the most popular of Benson's paintings, Eleanor was purchased shortly after it was painted by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting demonstrates Benson's adherence to French Impressionism by the use bright colors, depiction of light and fluid brushstroke of Eleanor's dress and deviation from French artists in the realistic definition of Eleanor's features with a small brush.
Portrait of Elizabeth Tyson Russell, oil on canvas		1907	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm)		Subject: Elizabeth Tyson Russell (as child).
Study for Portrait of My Daughters, pastel on paper		1907	19.1 in × 15.1 in (48.5 cm × 38.4 cm) IAP 8C110002
Portrait of My Daughters, oil on canvas		1907	26 in × 36.1 in (66.0 cm × 91.7 cm) IAP 23570020	Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA	Benson's three daughters (left to right) Elizabeth, Sylvia, and Eleanor are depicted at their summer home, Wooster Farm, located on New Haven Island, Maine. Like many of the portraits of his family, Benson made the painting en plein air, or outdoors, where he could best capture the effects of sunlight on the portrait.
Portrait of a Lady - Mary Kemble Webb Sanders, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of a Lady--Mary Kemble Webb Sanders oil 1907 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1907	43.8 in × 36 in (111.3 cm × 91.4 cm)		Subject: Mary Kemble Webb (Mrs. Nathaniel Sanders).
Portrait of Susie Sanders, oil on board	color image	1907	43.5 in × 35.5 in (110.5 cm × 90.2 cm)		Subject: Susie Sanders.
Portrait of Dorothy Lincoln, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Dorothy Lincoln oil 1907 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1907	43.5 in × 35 in (110.5 cm × 88.9 cm) IAP 71771497		Subject: Dorothy Lincoln (1890-1909).
Portrait of Mrs. Hathaway, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Mrs Hathaway oil 1907 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1907	47.3 in × 37.3 in (120.1 cm × 94.7 cm) IAP 8A220004	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA	Subject: Mabel Hathaway (Mrs. Horatio Hathaway).
Laddie, oil on canvas		1908	36.3 in × 30 in (92.2 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 18660031	Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME	Scene: child wearing white and running through landscape with arms out to side.
Summer (or Hill-Top; or Family Group; or Girls on Hillside), oil on canvas		1909	36.4 in × 44.4 in (92.5 cm × 112.8 cm) IAP 47480082	Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI	The painting features Benson's three daughters and their friend, Margaret Strong.
Margaret 'Gretchen' Strong (c. 1909), oil on canvas		1909	30.3 in × 25.3 in (77.0 cm × 64.3 cm) IAP 08601023	National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC	Margaret Strong, a 17 year-old neighbor and friend of Benson's daughters, is featured in the painting titled Summer made in 1909. Having seen the painting, Margaret's parents commissioned this portrait of their daughter. Margaret's profile, painted in shadow, is captured against the sea as she looks uphill toward Benson's daughters. Benson uses complementary, contrasting colors of blue in the sea and yellow in the grass and cooper-red hair that with his brisk brushstrokes bring an intensity to the work.
Sunlight (or Eleanor), oil on canvas		1909	32.3 in × 20 in (82.0 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 13730016	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN	Benson painted his daughter Eleanor looking across Penobscot Bay in Maine. Critic William Howe Downes, 1911 said of this painting: "[Benson] sets before us visions of the free life of the open air... in a landscape drenched in sweet sunlight."
Elizabeth b/w reproduction		1909
Portrait of a Lady (or Edith Perley Kinnicutt; or Elizabeth Perley Kinnicutt), oil on canvas		1909	50 in × 40.1 in (127.0 cm × 101.9 cm) IAP 80046146	Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA	Subject: Edith Perley (1856-1923; Mrs. Lincoln Kinnicutt).
Girl Playing Solitaire (or Solitaire), oil on canvas		1909	50.5 in × 40.5 in (128.3 cm × 102.9 cm) IAP 23570019	Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA	Scene: interior with female figure playing solitaire.
Elizabeth and Anna (or In Summer), oil on canvas		1909	32 in × 25 in (81.3 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 89170021		Subjects: artist's daughter and her friend (Anna Hathaway) seated on grassy hill; both girls wearing white dresses with bows in their hairs; Elisabeth, at left, holds white flowers in her raised hand; Anna sits with hands clasped on her knee; Penobscot Bay is below, at right.
The Reader, oil on canvas		1910	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 89170003 IAP 61504422		Scene: female figure seated on ground in backyard setting holding book in lap and open parasol at her side.
Portrait of Margaret L. Fuller, oil on canvas	color image	1910	34 in × 30 in (86.4 cm × 76.2 cm)	Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH	Subject: Margaret L. French, life-long resident of Manchester, NH; portrait commissioned at time of her engagement in 1909.
Woman by Geraniums (or Woman with Geraniums; c. 1910), oil on canvas	File:Woman by Geraniums c.1910 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1910	28 in × 22 in (71.1 cm × 55.9 cm) IAP 80280001	Private collection	Scene: woman seated in landscape near bush of red geraniums (in foreground); she is wearing white dress with head slightly bowed.
Summer Day, oil on canvas	File:Summer Day oil 1911 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1911	36.1 in × 32.1 in (91.7 cm × 81.5 cm) IAP 81530028	Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR	Scene: sunny outdoor scene with artist's daughters (Elisabeth at 18; Sylvia at 13) casting their eyes toward high horizon line where boundary between sea and sky nearly dissolves; watching sailboat race in North Haven, ME.
Young Girl by a Window (or Woman near Window; or Maid in Waiting), oil on canvas	File:Young Girl by a Window oil 1911 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1911	30.5 in × 25.4 in (77.5 cm × 64.5 cm) IAP 10420046	Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA	Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor.
Sunshine and Shadow (c. 1911), oil on canvas		1911	30.3 in × 25.3 in (77.0 cm × 64.3 cm) IAP 8A220006 IAP 73530017	Private collection	Benson's daughters Eleanor and Elisabeth are depicted in the painting Sunshine and Shadow. He intended to keep the painting for himself but gave in to persistent requests by a collector who purchased the painting.
Sunlight and Shadow, oil on canvas		1911	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 89170026		Subjects: artist's 2 daughters (Eleanor and Elisabeth ) are seated outdoors in shade of tree; hat rests on grass beside bench.
Study for Young Girl with a Veil (c. 1912), oil on canvas		1912	30 in × 24.8 in (76.2 cm × 63.0 cm) IAP 8A220005	Private collection	Eleanor, Benson's oldest daughter, sat for this painting. Originally the painting was displayed in Benson's home and then bequeathed to her. Its location is now unknown.
My Daughter, oil on canvas		1912	30.3 in × 25.3 in (77.0 cm × 64.3 cm) IAP 08260330	Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC	Sylvia is portrayed in this waist-length portrait, wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
Eleanor on the Hilltop, oil on canvas	color image	1912	33.5 in × 56.5 in (85.1 cm × 143.5 cm) IAP 89170071		Subject: artist's daughter, Eleanor, wearing white dress, standing on hilltop, and looking out to sea; she shields her eyes from sun with her left hand.
Portrait of a Young Woman, mixed media painting	File:Portrait of a Young Woman mixed 1912 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1912	51 in × 29 in (129.5 cm × 73.7 cm) IAP 60941039
Head of an Old Man, etching on copper plate/print		1912		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Afternoon in September, oil on canvas		1913	25.3 in × 30.3 in (64.3 cm × 77.0 cm) IAP 02960169	Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA	Afternoon in September is a painting of two of Benson's daughters.
Portrait of Elisabeth (or Elisabeth; c. 1913), oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Elisabeth oil c.1913 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1913	29.4 in × 24.3 in (74.7 cm × 61.7 cm) IAP 89170077		Subject: artist's daughter, Elisabeth, standing with hands on hips; her body faces forward but head and eyes are turned to right; she wears Oriental jacket over ruffled blouse.
Portrait of Jane dePeyster Webster, oil on canvas	File:Portrait of Jane dePeyster Webster oil 1913 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1913	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm)		Subject: Jane dePeyster Webster, eminent figure in Boston society at turn of 20th century; wife of Edwin Webster Sr. (m. 1893), wealthy entrepreneur with electrical engineering and financial interests; portrait painted in 1913, shortly after the Websters purchased grand townhouse in Boston (306 Chestnut Street) where this artwork was featured.
Mother and Child, drypoint etching on wove paper/print		1913	11.6 in × 9.0 in (29.5 cm × 22.9 cm) or 7.2 in × 5.9 in (18.3 cm × 15.1 cm)	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Profile Head, etching on laid paper	view	1914	12.7 in × 10.1 in (32.2 cm × 25.7 cm)	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY	Subject: woman.
Head, drypoint etching/print	view	1914	9.8 in × 8.0 in (24.8 cm × 20.3 cm)	Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA	Subject: woman.
The Hill Top, oil on canvas	color image	1914	40 in × 32 in (101.6 cm × 81.3 cm) IAP 89170078		Subject: artist's daughter, Elisabeth, standing on grassy hill; she holds closed parasol with left hand and brim of her hat with right hand.
Portrait of Mary Spencer Fuller, oil on canvas	color image	1914	36 in × 30 in (91.4 cm × 76.2 cm)	Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH	Subject: Mary Spencer Fuller as a child; daughter of Margaret L. Fuller; rosy-cheeked young girl with red hair and blue eyes wearing crisp white dress, sitting in small chair, and clasping doll in her lap.
My Daughter Elizabeth (c. 1915), oil on canvas		1915	44 in × 37 in (111.8 cm × 94.0 cm) IAP 24150063	Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI	The painting depicts a relaxed, graceful young woman with her back to the sea. In it, Benson demonstrated his skill at composition. Diagonals were used to create movement, with Elisabeth as the focal point. It is another great example of Benson's skill at managing light and dark colors.
Eleanor and Benny (or Mother and Child), oil on canvas		1915	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 89170080	Private collection	Subjects: Eleanor Benson (Mrs. Ralph Lawson); Frank Benson Lawson (as a child).
Red and Gold, oil on canvas		1915	31 in × 39 in (78.7 cm × 99.1 cm) IAP 42831491	Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH	Benson chose subjects that celebrated a civilized "ideal of grace, of dignity, of elegance", like the young woman in Red and Gold. Against a black and gold Japanese art screen, her white dress and bright red shawl gain our attention.
Nan, drypoint etching/prints		1915	9.9 in × 8 in (25.1 cm × 20.3 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Nan was a drypoint printed on thick Japanese vellum. His daughter Elizabeth was either the subject of the work - or worked with her father on the drypoint.
Portrait of Gertrude Russell, oil on canvas	color image	1915	54.3 in × 42.0 in (137.8 cm × 106.7 cm)		Subject: Gertrude Russell (age 11); granddaughter of William A. Russell (1831-1899; US Representative from Massachusetts, 1879-1885).
Eleanor and Benny (or Mother and Child), oil on canvas		1916	36 in × 44 in (91.4 cm × 111.8 cm) IAP 80040956	Private collection	Subjects: Eleanor Benson (Mrs. Ralph Lawson); Frank Benson Lawson (as a child).
Portrait of Natalie (or Natalie), oil on canvas	color image	1917	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 23570619	Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA	Subject: Natalie in bright sunshine with deep blue sky in background; she wears brown hat trimmed with green ribbon, beige skirt, white blouse with red/black scarf draped around shoulders.
The Open Window, oil on canvas	color image	1917	52.1 in × 42.4 in (132.3 cm × 107.7 cm) IAP 89170079	Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washingotn, DC	Scene: young woman (artist's daughter Elisabeth) seated in center of sparsely furnished room, knitting held in her hands, lit by two open windows framed by louvered shutters.
Mrs. Henry Harrison Proctor with Barbara & Frances, oil	color image	1917	IAP 9A470006
Portrait of Philip Moen Childs, oil on canvas	color image	1918	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 45130183	Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA	Subject: Philip Moen Childs.
Elizabeth, etching on wove paper/print	view view	1918	13.9 in × 11.0 in (35.4 cm × 27.9 cm)	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Boy in Blue, oil on canvas		1918	40 in × 32 in (101.6 cm × 81.3 cm) IAP 61071761 IAP 8A730020 or 30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 89170030		Subject: artist's grandson, Ralph Lawson, Jr. (b. 1916); sunny landscape with toddler running across grassy hillside dotted with wildflowers.
Portrait of Doctor Hugh Williams, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	8 in × 5.9 in (20.3 cm × 15.0 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Portrait of Augustus Hemenway, drypoint etching on laid paper/print		1919	9 in × 7 in (22.9 cm × 17.8 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Subject: Augustus Hemenway (1853–1931), Bostonian philanthropist and public servant. Benson made eight trial proofs of the portrait of Augustus Hemenway. The published images were made on Shogun and Kochi paper [types of fine Japanese art paper].
The Sunny Window, oil on canvas	color image	1919	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 89170081		Scene: portrait of artist's daughter, Eleanor, seated facing right with head bowed over sewing; sunlight enters room from window which occupies most of upper third of painting.
Colonel Bolling (c. 1919), drypoint etching/print	view	1919		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY	Subject: Colonel Bolling.
Portrait of Charles Martin Loeffler, etching on laid paper/print	view	1919	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Subject: Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935), French-born American violinist and composer.
Nascaupée Native American, drypoint etching on laid peper/print		1921	7.8 in × 5.9 in (19.9 cm × 15.1 cm)	Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Reflections (or Girl with Mirror), oil on canvas		1921	43.8 in × 36 in (111.3 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 61200167	Private collection	Reflections, a skillful execution of indoor lighting, is Benson's last-known interior. He made it of his daughter Elisabeth who is depicted in a reflective mood. The painting is interesting compositionally, Elisabeth sat in a mandarin coat in a skillfully arranged placement of supporting objects.
The Watcher, oil on canvas	color image	1921	30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 56980097	Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV	Subject: artist's daughter, Sylvia, stands with left hand shielding eyes from sun and looks out across water; sailboat at sea beyond her.
Metcalf Sketching, pencil	view	1921	10 in × 8.5 in (25.4 cm × 21.6 cm)	Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH	Subject: Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925); seated with his back to viewer.
Portrait of Willard Metcalf (c. 1921), watercolor	color image	1921	20 in × 14 in (50.8 cm × 35.6 cm) IAP 18830149	Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME	Subject: Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925); seated with his back to viewer; painting a watercolor which he holds in his lap; sitting on edge of river; wearing hat and red bandana.
Portrait of Mr. Malloch, drypoint etching/print	view	1921		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Portrait of Mrs. Malloch, drypoint etching/print	view	1921		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Portrait of a Man (or Study in Shadows), oil on canvas		1922	30 in × 24.5 in (76.2 cm × 62.2 cm) IAP 18660575 IAP 89170034	Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME	Subject: Parker R. Stone
Portrait of a Man, drypoint etching on wove paper/print	view	1923	7.9 in × 6 in (20.1 cm × 15.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Portrait of Arthur Tracy Cabot, drypoint etching/print	view	1923	9.9 in × 8 in (25.1 cm × 20.3 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Subject: Dr. Arthur T. Cabot.
Old Tom, watercolor on paper		1923	20.1 in × 14.1 in (51.1 cm × 35.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, MA	Old Tom, the caretaker of Benson's hunting cabin, inspired this painting and an etching with the same title.
To Fred Saunderson, drypoint etching/print	view	1923	12.6 in × 9.8 in (32.0 cm × 24.9 cm)	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Subject: Fred Saunderson.
Portrait of Richard Saltonstall, oil on canvas	color image	1924	36 in × 44 in (91.4 cm × 111.8 cm) IAP 22661443	Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA	Subject: Richard Middlecott Saltonstall (1859-1922), lawyer. Benson made this portrait of his friend two years after he died. By 1924 he had essentially given up accepting portrait commissions, so it was likely the friendship with Mr. Saltonstall that inspired him to create this work.
Portrait of Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, oil on canvas	color image	1925	40 in × 55 in (101.6 cm × 139.7 cm)	MIT Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA	Subject: Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (1870-1920), president of MIT 1909-1920.
Old Tom, etching/print	File:Old Tom etching 1926 Frank W Benson.jpg	1926	14 in × 9 in (35.6 cm × 22.9 cm)		Subject: Old Tom, caretaker of Benson's hunting cabin.
Two Boys, oil on canvas	color image	1926	32.4 in × 40.1 in (82.3 cm × 101.9 cm) IAP 36120282	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Subjects: artist's grandsons with dog in tall grassy landscape at Wooster Farm in North Haven, ME: Frank Benson Lawson (b. 1914) sitting on grass; Ralph Lawson, Jr. (b. 1916) standing with model boat in his hands.
Portrait of Elihu Thomson, oil on canvas	color image	1937	36.3 in × 44 in (92.2 cm × 111.8 cm)	MIT Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA	Subject: Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), acting president of MIT 1920-1923.
Leverett Saltonstall, Jr., oil			IAP 82400101
Arrivederci, oil	search collection		35.4 in × 46.9 in (90 cm × 119 cm)		Scene: girl looks out to sea waving handkerchief.
Portrait of Mrs. Abbott, oil on canvas	color image		41.3 in × 33 in (104.9 cm × 83.8 cm)
Seated Figure (or Woman in White), oil on canvas	color image		30 in × 25 in (76.2 cm × 63.5 cm) IAP 8A220024		Subject: half-length portrait of woman seated facing left with hands folded in her lap; she wears white dress.
Yound Man on a Roan Horse in the Mountains, watercolor on board	color image

Landscapes

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Landscape		1890–1898			Between 1890 and 1898 Benson produced many en plein air landscape and seascape paintings of New Hampshire, including the Mount Monadnock, New Castle and Portsmouth regions.
Mount Monadnock (c. 1890), oil on canvas		1890	24 in × 30 in (61.0 cm × 76.2 cm)		Scene: Mount Monadnock, NH.
Mount Monadnock (c. 1890), oil on canvas		1890	16 in × 20 in (40.6 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 89170056		Scene: Mount Monadnock, NH.
View in Mexico near Santiago, oil on canvas	color image	1898	5.5 in × 10 in (14.0 cm × 25.4 cm)
Evening Light, oil on canvas		1908	25.3 in × 30.5 in (64.3 cm × 77.5 cm) IAP 40800235	Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH	Benson's wife, Ellen, and four children walk across a meadow in the painting Evening Light. Eleanor waits on the left for her mother and other children to walk towards her. George has a fishing pole carried over his shoulder.
The House at North Haven (or Wooster Farm; or The Farm at North Haven), oil on canvas	color image	1912	30.5 in × 49 in (77.5 cm × 124.5 cm) IAP 89170027		Scene: white farmhouse nestled in trees in middle-ground with seascape in distance.
The Hillside (or Reading in Sun and Shade), oil on canvas	color image	1921	25.1 in × 30.3 in (63.8 cm × 77.0 cm) IAP 26030095		Scene: landscape near coast with female figure reclining on grassy hillside, pink parasol held over her head as she reads; overhead are billowy clouds in clear blue sky; on left, glimpse of ocean.
River Scene, oil on canvas	color image	1921			Scene: river winds through countryside.
Cedars (c 1921), watercolor, brush and blue	color image	1921	14.9 in × 21.6 in (37.8 cm × 54.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Iris and Lilies, watercolor on paper		1922	14.1 in × 20.6 in (35.8 cm × 52.3 cm) IAP 89170083		Scene: close-up of still pond water with lily pads and irises. Ellen, Benson's wife, planted water lilies and iris in a pond behind their summer home, Wooster Farm on North Haven Island, Maine, which was a frequent subject in Benson's paintings.
Meadows in Winter, watercolor on paper	b&w image	1922	13.8 in × 19.7 in (35 cm × 50 cm) IAP 20493114	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: winter landscape with patches of tall grass poking through snow-covered meadow and small stream winding into distance.
Through the Willows, watercolor over graphite on paper	color image	1922	16.2 in × 20.2 in (41.2 cm × 51.2 cm)	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Snowladen Spruce (or Snow-laden Spruce), watercolor on paper	color image	1927	20.1 in × 25.1 in (51.1 cm × 63.8 cm) IAP 89170040	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: snowscape.
Dublin Woods, oil on canvas	color image color image	1931	20.0 in × 17.9 in (50.7 cm × 45.5 cm)
Woman in White Gazing over a Cliffside, oil on canvas	search collection		17.0 in × 13.0 in (43.2 cm × 33 cm)		Scene: small female figure in cliffside landscape.
Amphitheater in the Park, watercolor on paper	color image		6.3 in × 9 in (16.0 cm × 22.9 cm)
Mountain Sleet, drypoint etching/print			9.5 in × 11.7 in (24.1 cm × 29.7 cm)
Young Girl Picking Flowers at Springtime, oil on board	color image

Waterscapes

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Salem Harbor, etching/print		1882	5.1 in × 7.9 in (13 cm × 20 cm)		This work was Benson's first etching, made while he was at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and published in the school's magazine "Students in the School of Drawing". Benson was one of the editors of the magazine. Thirty years later, in 1912, Benson began etching again, a practice that thereafter became a major body of his work.
After the Storm, oil on canvas		1884	40 in × 58 in (101.6 cm × 147.3 cm) IAP 89170007	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA	Scene: woman at seashore; Concarneau, France. After the Storm was selected to be exhibited at London's Royal Academy in the spring of 1885.
Moonlight (or Moonlight on the Waters), oil on lined canvas		1891	15 in × 30 in (38.1 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 8A220010		Scene: nighttime waterscape with full moon reflecting off crashing white waves.
Portsmouth Harbor, oil on canvas		1895	24 in × 20 in (61.0 cm × 50.8 cm) IAP 89170061		Scene: Portsmouth, NH.
Calm Morning, oil on canvas		1904	44.4 in × 36.1 in (112.8 cm × 91.7 cm) IAP 20492457	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Benson declared this painting of his three oldest children his "best out of door work." In this case Benson was deliberate in his approach, he made three oil studies before making the final painting; Generally he started and finished he outdoor paintings on one canvas. From left to right, Eleanor, Elisabeth and George fished over the side of a boat off in the waters of their summer home in Maine. Benson was masterful in capturing the reflection of the boat on the water and the deeper color of its shadow. The vivid, luminous colors give depict the sun shining upon the children.
The Landing (or Annisquam Yacht Club), oil on canvas	File:The Landing oil 1904 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1904	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 55450169	Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA	Scene: sunny late afternoon view across deep blue water along coast of North Haven, ME.
Smelt Fishermen, etching on zinc plate/print		1913		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Sunset, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	File:Sunset etching 1914 Frank Weston Benson.jpg view	1914	9.1 in × 7.1 in (23 cm × 18 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Duck Hunter, etching on wove paper/print	view	1914	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15 cm × 20 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
River Drivers (or River Drifters), etching/print	view	1914	8.9 in × 6.9 in (22.5 cm × 17.4 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Clam Digger, etching/print	view	1914	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15 cm × 20 cm)
Dusk, etching/print	view	1914	9.8 in × 10.9 in (24.9 cm × 27.7 cm)		Scene: waterfowl hunter wading through marsh.
Hunter in a Boat (or Hunter in Boat), oil on canvas	view	1915	33.3 in × 66.5 in (84.6 cm × 168.9 cm) IAP 89170076		Scene: male figure sits in rowboat on rough water as waterfowl fly overhead.
The Anchorage, etching/print		1915	3.8 in × 6.8 in (9.7 cm × 17.3 cm)	Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Two plates were made of The Anchorage that depicted a fisherman bringing a dory to shore. The first resulted in 48 proofs on shogun paper, 43 of which were signed. The second plate was more spacious than the first and resulted in 25 signed proofs printed on shogun paper. The work was exhibited in 1915 and 1916 four times.
The Landing, etching/print	view	1915	7.3 in × 11.2 in (18.5 cm × 28.5 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Low Tide, drypoint etching/print		1915		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Fishermen, etching on Shogun paper/print	view	1915	8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: children fishing from a small boat.
The Lobsterman, etching/print	view	1915	7.9 in × 9.9 in (20.1 cm × 25.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: male figure standing at oars in boat in waterscape.
The Gunner, etching/print	view	1915	9.8 in × 7.9 in (25 cm × 20 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl hunter in waterscape.
Over Sunk Marsh, pencil		1915	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15 cm × 20 cm)
Fox Islands Thoroughfare, Maine (c. 1923), watercolor on paper	color image	1916	14.5 in × 21.5 in (36.8 cm × 54.6 cm) IAP 8A220021		Scene: view of Fox Island Thoroughfare (part of Atlantic ocean between two Maine islands) over yellow landscape with pine trees.
In the Marsh (or Duck Hunting), watercolor	view	1916	14 in × 20 in (35.6 cm × 50.8 cm)		Scene: wildfowl hunter standing in boat in marsh.
Fishing, ink, wash, and pencil en grisaille on paper	view	1916	9.8 in × 11.8 in (24.9 cm × 30.0 cm)		Scene: male figures fishing, wading or in canoe.
Evening, etching/print	view	1916	10 in × 7.9 in (25.4 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: marsh waterscape with lone waterfowl.
Portsmouth Harbour (or Portsmouth Harbor), etching/print	view	1916	7.3 in × 6 in (18.5 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Portsmouth, NH.
The River, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: river waterscape with waterfowl.
Trout Stream, etching/print		1916		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
On the Ipswich River, etching/print		1916		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Ipswich River, MA.
Second Island Outlet, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	8.8 in × 13.8 in (22.4 cm × 35.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Marshes of Long Point, drypoint etching/print	view	1916		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Harbor (c. 1920, etching/print	view	1920	4 in × 6 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA;Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Marshes at Evening, etching/print	view	1918	8.7 in × 10.6 in (22 cm × 27 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in flight in marsh.
Canoeman, etching on laid paper/print	view	1919	8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm)	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Bound Home, etching/print	view	1918	9 in × 10.9 in (22.9 cm × 27.7 cm) or 6 in × 8 in (15.2 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: male figures (2) in sailboat.
Marsh Gunner, etching/print	view	1918	11.0 in × 9.1 in (28 cm × 23 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl hunter in waterscape.
Boating at Vinalhaven	color image	1920	30 in × 23.3 in (76.2 cm × 59.2 cm)	Private collection	Scene: Vinalhaven, ME.
Boats at Dawn, etching on zinc plate/print	view	1920	7.7 in × 10.7 in (19.5 cm × 27.2 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: small boats setting off from dock.
Rippling Water, etching on zinc plate/print	view	1920	12.6 in × 9.8 in (32.0 cm × 24.9 cm) or 10 in × 8 in (25.4 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone waterfowl in waterscape.
Canada River, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15.0 cm × 20.1 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Riverman, etching/aquatint on wove paper/print	view	1920	6 in × 4 in (15.2 cm × 10.2 cm) or 7 in × 9 in (17.8 cm × 22.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: male figures (2) poling canoe in waterscape.
Sunrise, etching on Japanese wove paper/print	view	1920	6.9 in × 10.8 in (17.5 cm × 27.5 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Early Gunners, etching/print	view	1920	1.8 in × 5 in (4.6 cm × 12.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: 2 figures standing in boats in waterscape.
Winding River, etching/print		1920	5.8 in × 3.8 in (14.7 cm × 9.7 cm)
Camp, salmon fishing		1921			Over Benson's career he painted more than 600 watercolors, like this painting he made during a salmon fishing trip in Canada with his son, George.
Wood Duck Pond, watercolor on paper	color image	1921	19.5 in × 15.5 in (49.5 cm × 39.4 cm) IAP 89170093		Scene: close-up of pond with woods/brush in background.
Rocky River, etching/print	view	1921		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Off Pea Island, etching/print	view	1921	7.0 in × 10.0 in (17.8 cm × 25.4 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: small boats at anchor in waterscape.
The Gunners' Blind (or Gunner's Blind), etching on Japanese wove paper/print	view view	1921	8.0 in × 9.8 in (20.2 cm × 25 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Gunners Blind, etching/print	view	1921	8 in × 9.8 in (20.3 cm × 24.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Essex Marshes (c. 1921), etching/print	view	1921	6.9 in × 11.8 in (17.5 cm × 30.0 cm)
The Sarah Douglass, watercolor on paper	color image	1922	19.5 in × 15.3 in (49.5 cm × 38.9 cm) IAP 60630335		Scene: sailboat in dry dock by water.
Danvers River, Massachusetts, watercolor on paper	b&w image	1922	13.8 in × 19.7 in (35 cm × 50 cm) IAP 20493113	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: snow-covered winter landscape with Danvers River winding across foreground.
Western Bay, watercolor on paper	color image	1922	14 in × 22 in (35.6 cm × 55.9 cm)
Beach Looking West, watercolor/pencil on paper laid down on board	color image	1922	13.5 in × 19.5 in (34.3 cm × 49.5 cm) IAP 89170033		Scene: beach landscape with view of sea through sea grape trees.
The Thoroughfare, watercolor on paper	color image	1922	13.8 in × 19.5 in (35.1 cm × 49.5 cm)		Scene: view of Fox Island Thoroughfare (part of Atlantic ocean between two Maine islands) over yellow landscape with pine trees.
The Bowsprit (c 1922), watercolor over graphite pencil on paper	B&W image	1922	16.1 in × 20.2 in (40.9 cm × 51.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Pulpit Rock, North Haven, Maine, watercolor on paper	color image	1922	14.3 in × 20 in (36.3 cm × 50.8 cm)
The Start, etching on laid paper/print	view	1922	5 in × 3.8 in (12.7 cm × 9.7 cm)	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: waterfowl hunters setting out.
Lily Pond, oil on canvas	color image	1923	44 in × 36 in (111.8 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 89170085 IAP 68020155		Scene: view looking across lily pond behind artist's home, Wooster Farm, North Haven, Maine; deep green lily pads scattered across water with sun highlighting grass along far shore.
Down the Rapids (c. 1923), watercolor/pencil on paper	color image	1923	16.5 in × 20 in (41.9 cm × 50.8 cm)		Scene: 2 figues navigate river rapids in canoe.
Canoe Voyage, watercolor on paper	color image	1923	16 in × 20 in (40.6 cm × 50.8 cm)		Scene: two figures canoeing on calm river.
Wildfowler (or Wild Fowler), etching/print	view	1923	20 in × 12 in (50.8 cm × 30.5 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Setting Decoys, etching on laid paper/print	view	1923	7.9 in × 11.0 in (20 cm × 28 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
On the Kedgwick, etching/print	view	1923	7.8 in × 11.8 in (19.8 cm × 30.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: 2 figures in canoes at a sandy river landing.
Salmon Fishermen, watercolor and graphite on wove paper	color image	1924	20.9 in × 17.8 in (53.1 cm × 45.2 cm)	Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA	Scene: 2 male figures on river in canoe; 1 fishing, one paddling.
Lily Pond, watercolor on paper		1924	14 in × 20.8 in (35.6 cm × 52.8 cm) IAP 89170088		Scene: close-up of still pond water with lily pads.
Deer River, Alabama (c. 1924), watercolor on paper	color image color image	1924	13.3 in × 20.3 in (33.8 cm × 51.6 cm)
Boat with Dog (or Hunter Poling Boat), lithograph	File:Boat with Dog lithograph 1924 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1924	27.9 in × 35.6 in (70.9 cm × 90.4 cm) or 11.3 in × 14.5 in (28.7 cm × 36.8 cm)
The Deer Hunter, etching on wove paper/print	view	1924	6.7 in × 10.7 in (16.9 cm × 27.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Fire on the Beach, oil on canvas	color image	1925	30 in × 36 in (76.2 cm × 91.4 cm) IAP 73750008
The Stream, watercolor on paper	color image	1925	18 in × 21.9 in (45.7 cm × 55.6 cm) IAP 89170039	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: male figure standing in stream fishing.
Hunter Coming Ashore, watercolor	color image	1925	16.5 in × 21.5 in (41.9 cm × 54.6 cm)		Scene: lone hunter in marsh pulling boat ashore.
Duck Blind (or Duck Hunters), etching/print	view	1925	7.9 in × 10.9 in (20.1 cm × 27.7 cm) or 18.4 in × 25.4 in (46.7 cm × 64.5 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Over Currituck Marshes, watercolor on paper		1926	14.5 in × 19.3 in (36.8 cm × 49.0 cm) IAP 89170095		Scene: man wades in water with his right hand on boat; dog sits in boat; ducks float on water at left.
Hunter with Retriever, watercolor on paper	search collection	1926	15.0 in × 20.0 in (38.1 cm × 50.8 cm)
The Gorge in Autumn, watercolor with graphite on paper	color image	1926	15.5 in × 13.8 in (39.4 cm × 35.1 cm)		Art work is dedicated to Horace Dunham.
Early Morning Sail, watercolor on paper	color image	1926	18.8 in × 24.8 in (47.8 cm × 63.0 cm)		Scene: lone figure in small sailboat in waterscape.
The Punter, watercolor on paper	color image	1926	14.5 in × 18.5 in (36.8 cm × 47.0 cm)		Scene: lone figure standing, poling a small boat in waterscape.
Salmon Fishing, oil on canvas	color image	1927	36.1 in × 44.1 in (91.7 cm × 112.0 cm) IAP 20492452	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: man standing under shade of tree in shallow water along shore of river, his pant legs rolled up and fishing pole in his hands; man stares intently across water as salmon jumps above surface; mountains visible in distance.
Salmon Fishing, oil on canvas	color image	1927	32 in × 40 in (81.3 cm × 101.6 cm)		Scene: two figures fishing on a river from a canoe.
Indian Guide, oil on canvas	color image	1927	40.0 in × 32.0 in (101.6 cm × 81.3 cm)	Private collection
Winter Wildfowling, etching	view	1927	11.8 in × 9.8 in (30.0 cm × 24.9 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Scene: waterfowl hunters in waterscape.
The Punter, etching on laid paper/print	view	1927	11.8 in × 15.8 in (30.0 cm × 40.1 cm) or 7.8 in × 11.9 in (19.8 cm × 30.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: male figure standing in punt in waterscape.
Running the Rapids, etching on laid paper/print	view	1927	8.3 in × 10.5 in (21.1 cm × 26.7 cm) or 5.8 in × 7.8 in (14.7 cm × 19.8 cm)	Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Vinalhaven, Maine, watercolor on paper	color image	1927	15 in × 21.5 in (38.1 cm × 54.6 cm)		Scene: Vinalhaven, ME.
Dory Fisherman (c. 1927), etching/print	view	1927	7.8 in × 9.8 in (19.8 cm × 24.9 cm)	Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA	Scene: male figure at rudder of dory.
Two Canoes (c. 1927), etching on laid paper/print	view	1927	9.3 in × 11.5 in (23.6 cm × 29.2 cm) or 6 in × 7.8 in (15.2 cm × 19.8 cm)	Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: male figures in 2 canoes on quiet water.
Lower Camp Pool, oil on canvas	color image	1928	32 in × 40 in (81.3 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 20492454		Scene: view looking across wide sandy shore along river; male figure casts fishing line into water; another male figure removes supplies from canoe pulled up on shore.
A Pool on the York, watercolor on paper	color image	1928	19.3 in × 24.3 in (49.0 cm × 61.7 cm) IAP 89170096		Scene: 2 men are in boat on York River; one man stands with pole in water; the other sits holding fishing pole.
Spear Fishing, watercolor	color image	1928	24 in × 20 in (61.0 cm × 50.8 cm)
Hassayampa River, Arizona, watercolor on paper		1928	14 in × 20.9 in (35.6 cm × 53.1 cm) IAP 89170094
Grand Rivers: Rapids, transparent and opaque watercolor	b&w image	1929	20.1 in × 25.2 in (51 cm × 64.1 cm) IAP 89170042	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Casting for Salmon, etching on laid paper		1929	7.8 in × 10 in (19.8 cm × 25.4 cm)		Casting for Salmon is one of Benson's 359 etchings, most of which were made of waterfowl. In the simple composition of a fisherman reflected influence by Japanese artists and demonstrated his skill as an etcher.
Twilight, oil on canvas	color image	1930	40 in × 50 in (101.6 cm × 127.0 cm) IAP 89170099		Scene: at left, male figure stands in boat on river at twilight; figure holds oar out of water; hills with trees are at right.
The Shadow, oil on canvas laid down on masonite	color image	1930	27.5 in × 34.5 in (69.9 cm × 87.6 cm) IAP 9E290011		Scene: male figure standing and fishing in a canoe on river.
On Grand River (c. 1930)	File:On Grand River oil c.1930 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1930	36 in × 44 in (91.4 cm × 111.8 cm) IAP 46600402 IAP 89170041		Scene: in middle of Grand River, male figure stands in rowboat, in his hands long pole which he uses to punt down river.
Dog River, Alabama, watercolor on paper	color image	1930	14.5 in × 22.5 in (36.8 cm × 57.2 cm)		Scene: Dog River.
Two Gunners, etching/print	view	1930	7 in × 11.8 in (17.8 cm × 30.0 cm)		Scene: 2 male figures in boats in waterscape.
Dawn on the York, oil on canvas laid down on masonite	color image	1931	48 in × 54 in (121.9 cm × 137.2 cm) or 40 in × 50 in (101.6 cm × 127.0 cm) IAP 89170052		Scene: figure stands in boat on winding York River at dawn.
Lower Reservoir, Tihonet, watercolor on paper	b&w image	1933	18.5 in × 24.4 in (47 cm × 62 cm) IAP 20493117	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: reservoir at Tihonet seen through grove of slender trees growing along near bank.
Duck Hunting, oil	color image	1935	20 in × 30 in (50.8 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 63005520
Retrieving Geese, oil	color image	1937	20.3 in × 30.3 in (51.6 cm × 77.0 cm) IAP 63007554
The Lobsterman, watercolor and graphite on paper		1937	19 in × 25.5 in (48.3 cm × 64.8 cm) IAP 18660433	Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME	Scene: lobsterman at work on the water.
Sailing out with Duck Decoys, watercolor	color image	1937	18.3 in × 24.5 in (46.5 cm × 62.2 cm)		Scene: waterfowl hunter heading out in small sailing boat loaded with duck decoys.
Dory Fishermen, oil on canvas		1941	25 in × 30 in (63.5 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 89170106	Private collection	Scene: 3 figures in 2 boats at sea in foreground; sailboat in distance. Dory Fishermen is believed to be a painting of Benson, his son George and a hired man on a fishing trip. The Bensons caught, smoked and shipped large bathes of mackerel to their home in Salem, Massachusetts where they enjoyed them all winter.
Dory Fishermen, oil on canvas	color image	1941	36 in × 30 in (91.4 cm × 76.2 cm)	Private collection	Scene: 3 figures in 2 boats at sea in foreground; sailboat in distance.
Taking a Shot, ink wash on paper	view		12 in × 17 in (30.5 cm × 43.2 cm)		Scene: waterfowl hunters in a small boat.
Salmon Fisherman, watercolor			20 in × 17 in (50.8 cm × 43.2 cm) IAP 20110007
Small Boats, etching	search collection		10 in × 15 in (25.4 cm × 38.1 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
After the Hunt, etching/print			17.8 in × 30 in (45.2 cm × 76.2 cm)
Brick Barge, etching/print	view		8 in × 10 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
The Seiner, etching/print	view		6.5 in × 10.8 in (16.5 cm × 27.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: seiner.
The Cedar Bank, watercolor on paper	b&w image		13.1 in × 19.6 in (33.3 cm × 49.8 cm) IAP 20492295	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Waterlillies	color image
An Estuary Scene, etching/print			5.9 in × 7.9 in (15.0 cm × 20.1 cm)	Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Moonlight, etching/print	view		7 in × 9 in (17.8 cm × 22.9 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: figures onboard looking out to sea.
Footbridge Boothbay, watercolor on light board	color image		10 in × 14 in (25.4 cm × 35.6 cm)		Scene: Boothbay Harbor, ME.
Going Out, ink wash	view		7.8 in × 10.8 in (19.8 cm × 27.4 cm)		Scene: small boats setting out in waterscape.
River in Flood, oil			36.1 in × 44 in (91.7 cm × 111.8 cm) IAP 61070673		Scene: male figures in canoe on raging river.
Restigouche at Sunset, oil on canvas	color image	32 in × 40 in (81.3 cm × 101.6 cm)		Scene: figure standing in canoe poling on river.
Duck Hunt in a Boat, watercolor on paper	color image
Along the Shore, watercolor	color image
Untitled, oil on canvas	color image				Scene: coastal landscape with trees and old barge on shore.

Wildlife

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Swan Flight, oil on canvas		1893	31.5 in × 39.5 in (80.0 cm × 100.3 cm) IAP 20780419	Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA	Benson made Swan Flight, a group of wild swans in formation against a gray sky from the Cape Cod hunting cabin off of Nauset that he bought with his brothers-in-law. It was the first work he exhibited of wildfowl, a subject matter that Benson explored over the years of his artistic career. The painting was sold soon after it was completed, a dynamic that continued throughout his career. To a New York dealer, Benson once expressed: "I made a [painting of a wildfowl] the other day at home and I looked forward to exhibiting it and, almost before it was dry, a visitor saw it and carried it off! It’s my good fortune to be doing what people like, but it keeps me on the jump."
Canadian Geese, watercolor on paper with traces of pencil		1895	13 in × 18 in (33.0 cm × 45.7 cm)		Scene: Canada geese in waterscape.
Early Morning (c. 1899), oil on canvas Maruyama Ōkyo, Geese Flying over a Beach		1899	24.1 in × 60.1 in (61.2 cm × 152.7 cm) IAP 20492451	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Early Morning" is the culmination of Benson's appreciation of birds and Japanese composition, which was popular both in Boston and Paris. The silhouetted images of the birds flying over water is similar to the Japanese screen by Maruyama Ōkyo "Geese Flying over a Beach". One of Benson's early interests was depiction of the bird life near Salem; His first oil paintings are still lifes of birds. Benson may have seen that screen at Boston importer Bunkyo Matsuki's shop or the Matsuki home in Salem before it was purchased by Charles Freer in 1898. Having seen the work at a New York exhibition in 1900, a New York Times critic noted that it was "especially good… with the ducks in flight and the gray expanse of marsh and sky rose-flushed in the east with the dawn."
Redhead Ducks, watercolor on paper	b&w image	1907	13.4 in × 19.7 in (34 cm × 50 cm) IAP 20491836	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Redheads.
Little Old Squaw, etching and drypoint/print		1912		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Blue Bills, etching/print		1912	5.9 in × 7.1 in (15.0 cm × 18.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl (likely Greater Scaups).
Mallards, drypoint etching/print	view	1913		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Mallards in waterscape.
Fish Hawk, etching on zinc plate/print		1913	11.8 in × 9.8 in (30.0 cm × 24.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl (likely Osprey) with prey.
Ducks Swimming, etching/print	view	1914	5 in × 10 in (12.7 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: ducks in body of water.
Old Squaws, drypoint etching/print		1915	5.8 in × 7.8 in (14.7 cm × 19.8 cm)	Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl in flight over waterscape.
Bluebills, intaglio engraving	view	1915	19 in × 15.5 in (48.3 cm × 39.4 cm)		Scene: waterfowl (likely Greater Scaups) in flight.
Flight of Blue Bills (or Flight of Bluebills), drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1915	5 in × 11.8 in (12.7 cm × 30.0 cm) or 7.9 in × 11.8 in (20.1 cm × 30.0 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl (likely Greater Scaups) in flight.
Solitude, drypoint etching/print	view	1915		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	4 in × 5 in (10.2 cm × 12.7 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	3 in × 4 in (7.6 cm × 10.2 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Blue Heron, etching on Shogun paper/print	view	1915	6 in × 4 in (15.2 cm × 10.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl standing in waterscape.
Lone Goose, etching/print	view	1915	4 in × 6 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Canada goose standing in waterscape.
Geese against the Sky, etching/print	view	1915	5.8 in × 10.8 in (14.7 cm × 27.4 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in flight over waterscape.
Black Breast Plover, etching on copper plate/print		1915		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: plover
Duck and Ripples, etching/print	view	1915	4.0 in × 6.0 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Frightened Ducks, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	4 in × 5 in (10.2 cm × 12.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: ducks in flight in waterscape.
Wood Ducks, etching/print	view	1915	5 in × 4 in (12.7 cm × 10.2 cm)	Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Wood Duck Family (or The Duck Family), drypoint etching/print	view	1915	5.5 in × 7.5 in (14.0 cm × 19.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Wood Ducks in waterscape.
Wild Swans, drypoint etching/print	view	1915		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: swans.
Brown Pelican, drypoint etching on Shogun paper/print	view	1915	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20 cm × 15 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Brown Pelican.
Over the Tree Tops (or Over the Treetops), etching/print	view	1915	5 in × 7.9 in (12.7 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in flight.
Perching Pelican, etching/print	view	1915	5 in × 4 in (12.7 cm × 10.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl (likely Brown Pelican).
Wild Geese Resting, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	6 in × 8 in (15.2 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Canada geese in waterscape.
Dead Goose, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	4 in × 6 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Male Whistler, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	4 in × 6 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: whistler (likely Pachycephalinae).
Bald Eagle, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	7.9 in × 5.8 in (20.1 cm × 14.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Bald Eagle.
Morning, etching/print	view view	1915	7.8 in × 9.8 in (19.8 cm × 24.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Canada geese in flight in waterscape.
Egrets, etching/print	view	1915	7.9 in × 6 in (20.1 cm × 15.2 cm)		Scene: egrets (2) stand in waterscape.
Whistlers, drypoint etching/print	view	1915	5.8 in × 7.8 in (14.7 cm × 19.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Whistlers in waterscape.
The Mirror, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	5.8 in × 7.8 in (14.7 cm × 19.8 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl reflected in body of water.
Pair of Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	3 in × 4 in (7.6 cm × 10.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Pintails, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	13.8 in × 10.6 in (35.1 cm × 26.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails).
Mallard Rising, etching/print	view	1916	7 in × 5 in (17.8 cm × 12.7 cm) or 6.9 in × 7.9 in (17.5 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone Mallard in flight in waterscape.
Migrating Geese, drypoint etching/print		1916		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildlife in waterscape.
Migrating Geese, drypoint etching/print	view view	1916	10 in × 8 in (25.4 cm × 20.3 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Canada geese in flight.
Ducks, etching/print	view	1916	7.8 in × 9.5 in (19.8 cm × 24.1 cm)		Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Geese Alighting (c. 1916), drypoint etching on wove paper/print		1916	14.1 in × 11.3 in (35.7 cm × 28.7 cm)	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Geese Alighting was made by drypoint, "with much burr". Burrs are edges created by the drypoint technique, sometimes scraped down to be less prominent.
Pair of Ducks, pencil etching on Shogun paper	view	1916	4.8 in × 3.9 in (12.3 cm × 9.9 cm)		Scene: ducks (2) in waterscape.
In the Clouds, drypoint etching/print	view	1916	3.9 in × 5 in (9.9 cm × 12.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada geese in flight.
The V, drypoint etching	search collection	1917	10.1 in × 15 in (25.7 cm × 38.1 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Wild Geese, etching/print	search collection	1917	15.5 in × 20.5 in (39.4 cm × 52.1 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildlife in waterscape (landing from right).
Wild Geese, etching on laid paper/print	File:Wild Geese etching 18x25cm 1917 Frank Weston Benson.jpg	1917	7.0 in × 10.0 in (17.8 cm × 25.4 cm)		Scene: wildlife in waterscape (flying toward right).
Scaling Down, drypoint etching on wove paper/print	view	1917	4 in × 3 in (10.2 cm × 7.6 cm) or 4 in × 5 in (10.2 cm × 12.7 cm)	Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl in a waterscape.
Incoming Geese, etching/print	view	1917	6 in × 4 in (15.2 cm × 10.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada geese (2) in flight.
Geese, drypoint etching/print	view	1917	10 in × 15 in (25.4 cm × 38.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Canada geese (5) in flight.
Study of Geese, drypoint etching/print	view	1917	3.8 in × 5.9 in (9.7 cm × 15.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Canada geese (2) in flight.
Snowy Herons, etching/print	view	1917	4.9 in × 3.9 in (12.4 cm × 9.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: snowy herons.
Swans and Teal, drypoint etching/print	view	1917	8 in × 10 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: swans; Teal (likely Anatinae).
Goose and Teal, etching/print	view	1917	6 in × 8 in (15.2 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada goose and Teal (likely Anatinae) in waterscape.
Mallard Drake, etching/print	view	1917	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15 cm × 20 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone Mallard in waterscape.
Sheldrakes (or Sheldrake), etching/print	view	1917	6.8 in × 10.8 in (17.3 cm × 27.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Shelduck (4) in flight.
Redheads, drypoint etching on wove paper/print	view	1917	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15.0 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Redheads (4) in flight.
High-Flying Ducks, etching/print	view	1917	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20 cm × 15 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: ducks in flight.
Single Duck, drypoint etching/print	view	1917	4 in × 5.3 in (10.2 cm × 13.5 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: lone duck in body of water.
After Sunset, etching/print	view	1917		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in flight in waterscape.
Canada Goose, etching/print	view	1917	4 in × 5 in (10.2 cm × 12.7 cm)		Scene: Canada goose standing in water.
The Alarm, etching/print	view	1917	8 in × 10 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: wildfowl in flight in waterscape.
Ducks in the Rain, etching on laid paper/print		1918	12 in × 11.5 in (30.5 cm × 29.2 cm) or 8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Benson demonstrated his skill as an etcher through the depiction of reflection and shadow in Ducks in the Rain. Thin vertical lines denote rain and flatten the sense of depth or distance. Images were printed on shogun, a Japanese art paper.
Mates, etching/print		1918	6 in × 7.9 in (15.2 cm × 20.1 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks (2) in body of water.
Herons in a Pine Tree, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	13.7 in × 9.8 in (34.9 cm × 25 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: herons (3) perched on pine tree limbs.
Souvenir of Long Point, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20.1 cm × 15.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: lone waterfowl over water.
Three Geese, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	8 in × 14.6 in (20.3 cm × 37.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada geese (3) in flight in waterscape.
Eider Drake, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	6 in × 7.1 in (15.2 cm × 18.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: eider in flight.
Eagle in the Sky, etching on Shogun paper/print	view	1918	13.8 in × 10.6 in (35 cm × 27 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Bald Eagle.
Winter Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	6.9 in × 10.9 in (17.5 cm × 27.7 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas) standing in waterscape.
Mallards, No. 2, etching/print	view	1918	8.8 in × 10.9 in (22.4 cm × 27.6 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Mallards (2) in flight.
The Visitor, etching/print	view	1918	3 in × 5 in (7.6 cm × 12.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Ducks in Flight, drypoint etching/print		1918		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks in flight.
Old Squaws, No. 2, drypoint etching/print	view	1918	5.0 in × 10.0 in (12.7 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl in flight.
Sprigtail, etching/print		1918		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Morning Flight, etching on wove paper/print	view	1918	12.5 in × 15.4 in (31.8 cm × 39.1 cm) or 8 in × 9.8 in (20.3 cm × 24.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: waterfowl in flight over waterscape.
Pintail Drinking, etching/print	view	1918	5.9 in × 4 in (15.0 cm × 10.2 cm)	Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails) in waterscape.
Flying Ducks, etching/print	view	1919	8.9 in × 6.9 in (22.6 cm × 17.5 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: ducks in flight in waterscape.
Two Geese, etching/print	view	1919	3.8 in × 5.8 in (9.7 cm × 14.8 cm)		Scene: 2 Canada geese in body of water.
Broad Bills (or Broadbills), drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1919		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: broadbills.
Yellowlegs, No. 2, drypoint etching/print	view	1919	7.9 in × 9.9 in (20.1 cm × 25.1 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Pair of Geese, drypoint etching/print	image	1919		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada Geese.
Heron Fishing, drypoint etching/print	view	1919	3.5 in × 5.5 in (8.9 cm × 14.0 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Black Ducks, No. 2, drypoint etching/print	view	1919	10 in × 8 in (25.4 cm × 20.3 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks in flight.
Chickadees, drypoint etching/print	view	1919	8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: chickadees.
Going North, etching/print	view	1919	3.5 in × 5.5 in (8.9 cm × 14.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canada geese (2) in flight.
Water Lilies, drypoint etching, print	view	1919	7.9 in × 9.8 in (20 cm × 25 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape with water lilies.
Ducks Flying over Water, etching on laid paper/print	view	1919	8.9 in × 6.8 in (22.5 cm × 17.3 cm)	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: ducks in flight over waterscape.
Rising Geese, watercolor on paper	color image	1920	20.3 in × 15.3 in (51.6 cm × 38.9 cm) IAP 68250015		Scene: coastal scene depicting Canada geese (2) taking flight over shimmering water dotted with patches of tall reeds.
Dark Pool, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1920	7.9 in × 11.9 in (20.1 cm × 30.2 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Blackbirds and Rushes, drypoint etching/print	view	1920		Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Three Yellowlegs, drypoint etching on Hodamura paper/print	view view	1920	4.5 in × 5.9 in (11.4 cm × 15.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas) (3) in waterscape.
Summer Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view view	1920	5 in × 3.8 in (12.7 cm × 9.7 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Wide Marshes, etching on Japanese vellum/print	view	1920	11.5 in × 14 in (29.2 cm × 35.6 cm) or 7 in × 11 in (17.8 cm × 27.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Widgeon Rising, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	11.3 in × 7.5 in (28.7 cm × 19 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone widgeon in flight.
Yellowlegs Alighting, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	13.1 in × 15.4 in (33.3 cm × 39.1 cm) or 8.9 in × 14.9 in (22.7 cm × 37.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Ducks at Dawn, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1920	7 in × 9 in (17.8 cm × 22.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Shoveller Drake, etching/print	view	1920	10.0 in × 8.0 in (25.4 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone Shoveller in flight.
Over Sunk Marsh, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1920	6 in × 7.9 in (15.2 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildlife in flight over marsh.
Two Crows, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	2 in × 5 in (5.1 cm × 12.7 cm) or 2 in × 2.9 in (5.1 cm × 7.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: crows.
Grouse on a Pine Bough (or Grouse on a Pine Branch), drypoint etching/print	view	1920	3 in × 2 in (7.6 cm × 5.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: grouse.
Rendezvous, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	6 in × 5 in (15.2 cm × 12.7 cm) or 3.8 in × 4.9 in (9.7 cm × 12.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Reflections, drypoint etching/print	view				Scene: wildfowl with reflection in waterscape.
Pintails Decoyed, oil on canvas		1921	36 in × 44 in (91.4 cm × 111.8 cm) IAP 20492453	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Pintail ducks float across the surface of a reed-lined river as other ducks take flight.
Ducks Alighting, etching on wove paper/print	view	1921	5.9 in × 4.5 in (15 cm × 11.4 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: ducks (4) coming in to land in waterscape.
Three Canada Geese Taking Flight (c. 1921; or Three Canada Geese), lithograph	view	1921	12 in × 16 in (30.5 cm × 40.6 cm)		Scene: Canada geese (3) in waterscape.
Calm, etching/print	view	1921	4.9 in × 6.8 in (12.4 cm × 17.3 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in a waterscape.
Three Geese, lithograph	view	1921	11.3 in × 15.8 in (28.7 cm × 40.1 cm)		Scene: Canada geese (3) in flight in waterscape.
The Resting Place, etching/print	view	1921	4.9 in × 3.9 in (12.5 cm × 9.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Against the Morning Sky, oil on canvas		1922	60 in × 45 in (152.4 cm × 114.3 cm) IAP 89170036		Scene: geese rise from marsh against morning sky.
Against the Morning Sky, oil on canvas	color image	1922	43 in × 25.5 in (109.2 cm × 64.8 cm)		Scene: geese rise from marsh against morning sky.
Against the Morning Sky, oil on canvas		1922	32 in × 25.5 in (81.3 cm × 64.8 cm) IAP 89550006		Scene: geese rise from marsh against morning sky.
Cloudy Dawn, etching on laid paper/print	view view	1922	9.8 in × 11.8 in (25 cm × 30 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: geese in flight.
Salmon, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print		1922	3.9 in × 4.7 in (10 cm × 12 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Hovering Geese, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1922	13.9 in × 10.8 in (35.2 cm × 27.4 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Little Bluebills, drypoint etching/print	view	1922	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20 cm × 15 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: waterfowl (likely Greater Scaups).
After Sunset (or Long Point Sunset), oil on canvas	color image	1923	50.0 in × 40.0 in (127 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 8A220011		Scene: ducks (4) flying over marshy at sunset.
Pintails in Flight over a Marsh (or Springing Pintails), watercolor/gouache/graphite on paperboard	color image	1923	20.6 in × 14.5 in (52.3 cm × 36.8 cm)		Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails) in marsh waterscape.
Geese in Flight, watercolor/pencil on paper	color image	1923	19.7 in × 13.8 in (50 cm × 35 cm)		Scene: Canada geese (2) in flight.
Great White Herons, etching		1923		Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA	Benson, adept at capturing light in his paintings, demonstrates that skill in the creation of the etching Great White Herons. Benson "shows these graceful creatures in flight, the sunlight playing on their wide, white wings. Benson even managed to portray light in his etchings, with rich, velvety blacks, and mid-tones murky with the light of an approaching storm or the coming of dawn. These works earned him titles such as 'dean of American etchers,' and 'master of the sporting print.'
Herons at Rest, etching on wove paper/print	view	1923	11.9 in × 7.9 in (30.2 cm × 20.1 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Ducks at Play, etching/print	view	1923	10.9 in × 13.8 in (27.7 cm × 35.1 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Yellowlegs, No. 3, drypoint etching/print	view	1923	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20.1 cm × 15.0 cm)		Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Soaring Fish Hawk, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1923	5.9 in × 7.8 in (15.0 cm × 19.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl (likely Osprey).
Redheads, No. 2, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1923	8.0 in × 10.0 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Redheads in flight over waterscape.
Rising Mallard, oil on canvas		1924	15 in × 21 in (38.1 cm × 53.3 cm) IAP 13730490		Scene: Mallard.
Rising Mallards, watercolor on paper	view	1924	15 in × 21 in (38.1 cm × 53.3 cm)	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN	Scene: Mallards.
Mallards, watercolor		1924	14.5 in × 30.8 in (36.8 cm × 78.2 cm)	Private Collection	Scene: Mallards in waterscape.
Scoters over Water, watercolor on paper	color image	1924	13.5 in × 19.5 in (34.3 cm × 49.5 cm) IAP 63007555.	Private collection	Scene: scoters in flight over water.
Black Ducks at Dusk, etching/print	view	1924	4.9 in × 6.9 in (12.5 cm × 17.4 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks in flight.
Flying Widgeon, etching on laid paper/print	view	1924	9.7 in × 14.7 in (24.6 cm × 37.3 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: widgeon.
Dawn, etching on laid paper/print	view	1924	6.9 in × 9.8 in (17.5 cm × 24.9 cm) or 11.5 in × 12.9 in (29.2 cm × 32.8 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH	Scene: waterfowl coming in to land in waterscape.
On the Redhead Grounds, etching on laid paper/print		1924	15 in × 11.4 in (38.1 cm × 29.0 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: Redheads.
Rising Geese, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1924	6.8 in × 8.8 in (17.3 cm × 22.4 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Geese Over a Marsh, etching on laid paper	view	1924	7.9 in × 9.8 in (20.1 cm × 24.9 cm)		Scene: Canada geese in flight in marsh.
Baldpates, drypoint etching/print	view	1924	8.0 in × 10.0 in (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm)		Scene: American Wigeon in waterscape.
Flock of Canvasbacks, drypoint etching on laid paper/print	view	1924	7.8 in × 9.8 in (19.8 cm × 24.9 cm)		Scene: Canvasbacks flying in formation.
Evening (or Mallards), watercolor, gouache, and graphite on wove paper	color image	1925	25 in × 21 in (63.5 cm × 53.3 cm) IAP 86300001	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Scene: waterfowl (Mallards) landing on pond in evening light.
Alert!, drypoint etching/print	view	1925	3.8 in × 4.9 in (9.7 cm × 12.4 cm) or 4.9 in × 7 in (12.4 cm × 17.8 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: waterfowl in a body of water.
Lighting In, etching/print	search collection	1925	8.0 in × 11.0 in (20.3 cm × 28 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildfowl in waterscape.
Yellowlegs (c. 1925), watercolor on paper	color image	1925	14.3 in × 19.8 in (36.3 cm × 50.3 cm)		Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas) standing at edge of water. Artwork commissioned Quincy Adams Shaw, family friend.
Flying Brant, drypoint etching/print	view	1925	4.9 in × 7 in (12.4 cm × 17.8 cm) or 15.5 in × 12.8 in (39.4 cm × 32.5 cm)	Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY	Scene: Brant Geese (2) in flight.
In Island Pond, etching/print	view	1925	9.8 in × 7.8 in (25 cm × 19.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Teal, drypoint etching/print	view	1925	7.9 in × 10.8 in (20.1 cm × 27.4 cm)		Scene: Teals (likely Anatinae) in waterscape.
The Darkening Sky, drypoint etching on laid paper/print	view	1925	4.9 in × 6.8 in (12.4 cm × 17.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in flight in waterscape.
The Long Journey etching/print	view	1926	9.8 in × 11.8 in (24.9 cm × 30.0 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: waterscape with waterfowl in flight.
Canvasbacks, drypoint etching/print	view	1926	6 in × 11.8 in (15.2 cm × 30.0 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Canvasbacks in flight.
The Sheldrake's Brood, drypoint etching/print		1926		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Shelducks.
Towering Widgeon, etching/print	view	1926	9.8 in × 7.8 in (24.9 cm × 19.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: widgeon in flight.
Currituck Marshes, North Carolina, watercolor on paper	color image	1926	18.9 in × 26.4 in (48 cm × 67 cm) IAP 20493116	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: 5 American Wigeons along water's edge; Currituck Marshes, NC.
Nightfall, drypoint etching on copper plate/print		1926	6.0 in × 8.0 in (15.2 cm × 20.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Ipswich Marshes, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1926	7.9 in × 10 in (20.1 cm × 25.4 cm)	Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in flight over Ipswich River, MA.
In Dropping Flight, drypoint etching on zinc plate/print	view	1926	10.9 in × 13.8 in (27.7 cm × 35.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildfowl coming in to land in body of water.
Over Currituck Marshes, drypoint etching on laid paper/print	view	1926	11.5 in × 15.6 in (29.2 cm × 39.6 cm)<bf>or 7.1 in × 11.8 in (18 cm × 30 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: waterfowl in flight.
Alighting in the Moonlight, oil on masonite	color image	1927	14 in × 21.9 in (35.6 cm × 55.6 cm)
Mallards at Evening, drypoint etching	view	1927	13.9 in × 11.9 in (35.3 cm × 30.2 cm)	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN	Scene: waterfowl (Mallards) landing on pond in evening light.
Rainbow Cove, etching on laid paper/print	view	1927	11.8 in × 12.4 in (30.0 cm × 31.5 cm) or 7.8 in × 9.8 in (19.8 cm × 24.9 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: waterfowl in a waterscape.
Swinging In, drypoint etching on wove paper	view view	1927	7.8 in × 11.8 in (19.8 cm × 30.0 cm)	Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: waterscape with waterfowl.
On Set Wings, etching/print	view	1927	4.4 in × 5.8 in (11.3 cm × 14.8 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: wildfowl in flight.
The White Heron, etching/print	view	1927	11.0 in × 7.0 in (28 cm × 17.8 cm)
The Passing Flock, etching on laid paper/print	view	1927	11.8 in × 13.8 in (30.0 cm × 35.1 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in waterscape.
Redhead Alighting, drypoint etching/print	view	1927	5 in × 6 in (12.7 cm × 15.2 cm)		Scene: lone Redhead landing in body of water.
Evening Flight, etching on laid paper	view	1927	7.8 in × 9.9 in (19.8 cm × 25.1 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in flight in waterscape.
On Swift Wings (c. 1927), etching/print	view	1927	11.8 in × 9.8 in (30.0 cm × 24.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl on the wing in waterscape.
Black Ducks, etching/print	view	1927	9.9 in × 12.5 in (25.1 cm × 31.8 cm)		Scene: ducks (3) floating in waterscape.
Hawk and Mallard, lithograph	view	1927	12.6 in × 9.5 in (32.0 cm × 24.1 cm)		Scene: hawk flies after Mallard.
Yellowlegs, No. 4 (c. 1928), drypoint etching/print	view	1928	7.9 in × 9.8 in (20 cm × 25 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Yellowleg (likely Tringa).
Lone Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1928	12 in × 8 in (30.5 cm × 20.3 cm)		Scene: lone Yellowlegs (likely Tringas) in waterscape.
Yellowlegs in Sunlight, drypoint etching on laid paper/print	view	1928	9.8 in × 7.9 in (25 cm × 20 cm)	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Yellowlegs at Dusk, etching on laid paper/print	view	1928	11.5 in × 16.3 in (29.2 cm × 41.4 cm) or 8.0 in × 11.0 in (20.3 cm × 28 cm)	Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Dawn, etching	view	1928	7.9 in × 9.8 in (20 cm × 24.8 cm)	Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA	Scene: 9 waterfowl coming in to land on body of water.
Here They Come!, drypoint etching/print	view	1928	13.8 in × 11.6 in (35.1 cm × 29.5 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: waterfowl arriving in a waterscape.
Canadian Geese Taking Flight, painting	view	1929			Scene: Canada geese taking flight in waterscape.
White Herons, oil on canvas		1929	40 in × 32.3 in (101.6 cm × 82.0 cm) IAP 89170101		Scene: herons (3) wading in lake amidst lily pads; two herons at left look right (one stands taller; second one's neck is swooped down); heron at right faces left with beak pointing toward water.
White Herons, watercolor on paper		1929	29 in × 21 in (73.7 cm × 53.3 cm) IAP 80041929		Scene: herons (3) wading in lake; heron in foreground faces right; two standing further back face left.
Geese Drifting Down, etching/print	view	1929	9.1 in × 14.0 in (23 cm × 35.6 cm)		Scene: Canada geese landing in waterscape.
Ducks in a Marsh, ink wash on paper	view	1930	9.4 in × 13.6 in (23.9 cm × 34.5 cm)		Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Greater Yellowlegs, drypoint etching/print	view	1930		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Yellowlegs (likely Tringas).
Lone Pintail, drypoint etching/print	view	1930	4.5 in × 6.0 in (11.4 cm × 15.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Pintail (likely Northern Pintails).
Pair of Pintails, drypoint etching/print	view	1930		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails).
Redheads Coming, etching/print	view	1930	8 in × 15 in (20.3 cm × 38.1 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl (Redheads) landing in waterscape.
Canada Geese in the Snow, watercolor/graphite on paper	color image	1930	18.5 in × 23.5 in (47.0 cm × 59.7 cm)		Scene: Canada geese in snowscape.
Startled Ducks etching on laid paper/print	view	1930	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20.1 cm × 15.0 cm)		Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Two Black Ducks, drypoint etching on laid paper/print	view view	1930	15 in × 12 in (38.1 cm × 30.5 cm)	Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Chickadee, drypoint etching	view	1930	5.8 in × 3.8 in (14.7 cm × 9.7 cm)		Scene: chickadee.
Waders (c. 1930), drypoint etching/print	view view	1930	7.0 in × 12.0 in (17.8 cm × 30.5 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: waterfowl on edge of water.
Woodcock, drypoint etching/print	view	1930	11.8 in × 9.8 in (30 cm × 25 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: woodcock.
Quail, etching/print	view	1930	6 in × 4.5 in (15.2 cm × 11.4 cm)		Scene: quail in brush.
Springing Teal, drypoint etching/print	view view	1930	14.8 in × 10.5 in (37.6 cm × 26.7 cm)		Scene: lone Teal (likely Anatinae) in waterscape.
Bunch of Bluebills (or Six Blue Bills), pencil/drypoint etching/print	view	1931	3.8 in × 5 in (9.7 cm × 12.7 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: waterfowl (likely Greater Scaups) in flight.
Two Black Geese, ink on pencil	view	1931		Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Swans at Moonlight, watercolor on paper		1931	19.5 in × 28 in (49.5 cm × 71.1 cm) IAP 89170043	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH	Scene: group of swans flying over marsh in moonlight.
November Moon, etching with aquatint	view	1931	10 in × 8 in (25.4 cm × 20.3 cm)		Scene: waterfowl flying in moonlit waterscape.
Rain Squall, etching/print	view	1931	7 in × 8.8 in (17.8 cm × 22.4 cm)		Scene: waterfowl in rainy waterscape.
Blue Herons, lithograph	view	1931	9.5 in × 13 in (24.1 cm × 33.0 cm)		Scene: herons in flight in waterscape.
Four Mallards, lithograph	view	1931	11.4 in × 13.8 in (29.0 cm × 35.1 cm)		Scene: Mallards (4) in flight in waterscape.
Yellowlegs, etching/print	view	1931	11 in × 9 in (27.9 cm × 22.9 cm)	Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone Yellowlegs (likely Tringas) reflected in water of marsh.
Three Geese, lithograph	view	1931	9.5 in × 13 in (24.1 cm × 33.0 cm)		Scene: Canada geese (3) in flight in waterscape.
Flock of Geese in Flight, watercolor on paper	color image	1932	18.6 in × 26.6 in (47.2 cm × 67.6 cm)		Scene: Canada geese in flight.
Sanctuary, etching/print	view	1932	7.0 in × 9.1 in (17.8 cm × 23 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in waterscape.
Pair of Snipe, etching/print	view	1932	3.8 in × 5.8 in (9.7 cm × 14.7 cm)		Scene: wading snipe.
Pintails Passing (c. 1932), drypoint etching/print	view	1932	15.0 in × 9.8 in (38 cm × 25 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails).
The Sandpiper, etching/print	view	1932			Scene: lone sandpiper standing in shallow water.
Great White Herons, oil on canvas		1933	44 in × 36.1 in (111.8 cm × 91.7 cm) IAP 46120954	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA	Scene: sunny landscape with 3 white herons lifting off from marshy pond dotted with lily pads and lined with tall grass. Birds, like the Great White Herons, were among Benson's favorite subjects. In this painting he displays a talent for composition and knowledge of birds. Each bird is depicted in a different stage of flight.
Sunset at Long Point, graphite etching/print	view	1933	10.2 in × 8.1 in (25.9 cm × 20.6 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: wildfowl in waterscape.
Eagle Alighting, drypoint etching/print	view	1933	9.5 in × 6.2 in (24.1 cm × 15.7 cm)
A Northwest Day, oil on canvas	color image	1934	36 in × 44 in (91.4 cm × 111.8 cm)		Scene: Canada geese in flight over waterscape.
Grouse on a Pine Bough, watercolor	color image	1934			Scene: grouse.
Three Geese, ink on paper	view	1936		Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN	Scene: Canada geese (3) in flight in waterscape.
Tired Geese, etching/print	view	1936	5.9 in × 8.1 in (15.1 cm × 20.5 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: waterfowl landing in waterscape.
Heron Roost, etching/print	view	1937		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cold Sunset, oil on canvas	color image	1938			Scene: frosty hues of blue/white/gray offer backdrop for Mallards in marsh.
Ducks at Dawn, oil on canvas		1940	28.5 in × 35 in (72.4 cm × 88.9 cm) IAP 85190001	Private collection	Scene: ducks (4) flying over marshy river under lightening sky.
Ducks at Dawn, watercolor		1940		Private collection	Benson often painted wildfowl early in the morning or at dusk.
Flight of Swans, oil on canvas	color image	1940	30.5 in × 39.5 in (77.5 cm × 100.3 cm) IAP 89170111		Scene: group of swans fly above marsh waterscape.
Early Morning, watercolor and graphite on wove paper	view	1940	14.4 in × 20.4 in (36.6 cm × 51.8 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Ducks with Purple Sky (or Ducks in Flight), watercolor on paper	color image	1941	14 in × 12 in (35.6 cm × 30.5 cm) or 15 in × 19 in (38.1 cm × 48.3 cm) IAP 8A220012		Scene: ducks in flight over marsh.
Flying Geese, etching/print			33 in × 28 in (83.8 cm × 71.1 cm)		Scene: geese coming in for landing in body of water.
Geese in Flight, etching/print			25.4 in × 38.1 in (64.5 cm × 96.8 cm)		Scene: geese in flight.
Mallard and Landscape					Scene: pond landscape with one Mallard.
Chickadees, watercolor on paper			14.3 in × 17 in (36.3 cm × 43.2 cm) IAP 60630324	Vose Galleries, Boston, MA	Scene: chickadees.
Wintry Marshes, watercolor on paper	view
Untitled (or Seven Ducks in Pond), etching	view		12.1 in × 14.3 in (30.7 cm × 36.3 cm)	Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	Scene: pond with ducks (7).
Untitled (or Two Ducks), etching	view		14.4 in × 11 in (36.6 cm × 27.9 cm)	Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	Scene: pond landscape with ducks (2).
Shelldrake's Brood, drypoint etching	search collection		11.2 in × 14.7 in (28.4 cm × 37.3 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA	Scene: Shelducks.
Yellow No. 3, etching	search collection		20.1 in × 14.9 in (51.1 cm × 37.8 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Mallards Alighting, watercolor and graphite on wove paper	view		13 in × 16.1 in (33.0 cm × 40.9 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Scene: 3 Mallards coming in to land on body of water.
Ducks in Calm Water, watercolor and graphite on wove paper	view		14.9 in × 20 in (37.8 cm × 50.8 cm)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Scene: ducks in calm body of water.
Eiders in Flight, watercolor on paper (en grisaille)	view		20 in × 27 in (50.8 cm × 68.6 cm)		Scene: eiders in flight.
Ducks in the Rain, etching/print				Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: ducks in waterscape.
Goose and Three Ducks, etching/print				Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Chickadee, drypoint etching on laid paper/print			12.6 in × 9.4 in (32.0 cm × 23.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: chickadee.
Eiders Landing/A Nature Sketch, watercolor/gouache on paper	color image		9.3 in × 18 in (23.6 cm × 45.7 cm)		Scene: eiders.
Geese against Sky, etching/print
In Flight, print	search collection		4.0 in × 5.9 in (10.2 cm × 15 cm)
Hovering Geese, aquatint on paper	view		14.0 in × 10.9 in (35.5 cm × 27.7 cm)	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: Canada geese in flight over waterscape.
Turnstones, etching/print	view		7.8 in × 11.8 in (19.7 cm × 29.9 cm)	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: Turnstones standing on dunes.
Eider, ink wash/print	view				Scene: eiders floating in body of water.
Herons, etching/print	view		6.8 in × 10.8 in (17.3 cm × 27.4 cm)		Scene: waterfowl standing in waterscape.
Canadian Geese In Flight, painting	color image				Scene: Canada geese in flight over choppy waves.
Flying Pintails, painting	color image				Scene: Pintails (likely Northern Pintails) in flight in waterscape.
Migrating Scoters, watercolor on paper	color image		14 in × 19 in (35.6 cm × 48.3 cm)		Scene: scoters in flight over choppy water.
Swans, inkwash	view		24.0 in × 18.0 in (61 cm × 45.7 cm)		Scene: swans.
Black Ducks, watercolor on paper	color image		18.5 in × 23 in (47.0 cm × 58.4 cm)		Scene: ducks in waterscape.

Interiors and still lifes

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Rail, oil on board		1878-1879	18 in × 12.3 in (45.7 cm × 31.2 cm) IAP 8A220023	Private collection	After a day of hunting, Benson brought home a rail and snipe and hammered them to the barn door. He found that he was interested in capturing the two birds and made oil paintings of each. Although he was a teenager, he had an exceptional grasp of light and its effects. Rail, one of Benson's earliest paintings, was made when he was 16 and his goal was to become an ornithological illustrator.
By Firelight, oil on canvas		1889	40 in × 31 in (101.6 cm × 78.7 cm) IAP 8A220036		Scene: Red interior with woman seated in dark on chair in front of lit fireplace.
Firelight, oil on canvas		1893	40 in × 30 in (101.6 cm × 76.2 cm) IAP 89170058	Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York	Firelight depicts a woman wearing a white dress in an interior setting. Her left arm is outstretched, to the right in a large vase. It won an award with a cash prize that allowed Benson to realize a lifelong dream, a hunting cabin, which he purchased with two of his brothers-in-law.
Figure in a Room (or Interior?), oil on canvas		1912	30 in × 25.1 in (76.2 cm × 63.8 cm) IAP 07130294	New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT	Benson received the statue of Artemis depicted in Figure in a Room from his friend, Bela Pratt, who was an instructor with Benson at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Interior, oil		1912	30.3 in × 25.3 in (77.0 cm × 64.3 cm) IAP 62641460
The Grey Room (or Grey Room; or The Gray Room), oil on canvas		1913	25.3 in × 30.8 in (64.3 cm × 78.2 cm) IAP 73530018		Scene: dark interior with woman reading by yellow glow.
The Seamstress, oil on canvas		1913	36 in × 26 in (91.4 cm × 66.0 cm)		Scene: dark interior with woman sewing by light from window.
Candlelight, etching on Shogun paper/print	view	1915	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Scene: female figure fixes hair in mirror by candlelight.
Nasturtiums in a Vase		1919			Nasturtiums in a Vase in one of the more than thirty still lifes Benson completed in oil and watercolor.
The Dining Room Table (c. 1919), oil on canvas	color image	1919	32.1 in × 39.9 in (81.5 cm × 101.3 cm) IAP 29830008	Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL	Scene: still life with a parrot perched on a bowl of fruit.
The Silver Screen, oil on canvas		1921	36.3 in × 44.1 in (92.2 cm × 112.0 cm) IAP 20492455	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Of painting interior spaces and still lifes, such as The Silver Screen, Benson said, "Don't paint things... Don't paint anything but the effect of light."
Still Life Decoration, oil on canvas tacked over board	color image	1922	45 in × 60 in (114.3 cm × 152.4 cm) IAP 89170035		Scene: still life with bowl of fruit, statuary, and candlestick on cloth-draped table in front of silver screen
Still Life with Flowers, watercolor on paper	color image	1922	19 in × 15 in (48.3 cm × 38.1 cm)		Scene: still life of clear pitcher with flowers.
Pewter Pitcher, watercolor/gouache/graphite on paper laid down on board	color image	1923	21.0 in × 14.4 in (53.3 cm × 36.7 cm)	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: arrangement of pewter pitcher of flowers and plates.
Peonies in Blue China, watercolor on paper	color image	1923	25 in × 19 in (63.5 cm × 48.3 cm) IAP 8A220007	Private collection	Scene: light-colored flowers in blue/white porcelain jug set against floral wallpaper background; red/pink flowers at left.
The Waterlilies (or The Water Lilies), watercolor on paper	color image	1923	17 in × 21 in (43.2 cm × 53.3 cm)		.
Nasturtiums in a Flowered Vase (c. 1926; or Nasturtiums in a Vase), watercolor on paper		1926	21.8 in × 17.6 in (55.4 cm × 44.7 cm) IAP 89170100		Nasturtiums in a Vase in one of the more than thirty still lifes Benson completed in oil and watercolor.
Still Life (c. 1926), oli on canvas	color image	1926	45.3 in × 60.3 in (115.1 cm × 153.2 cm) IAP 08580001	Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC	Still life: several objects on table; porcelain bowl with fruit, vase of flowers, candlesticks, bird. Benson choose and varied placement of items in his collection to create interesting and harmonious compositions. The silver screen used in this painting was also used in the painting The Silver Screen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Still Life was winner of the "Henry Ward Ranger Fund prize."
Still Life, lithograph	view	1927	15.1 in × 12 in (38.4 cm × 30.5 cm)		Scene: still life with flowers in jug next to small pewter pitcher.
Fisherman's Bedroom, Eastham, Massachusetts (c. 1929), watercolor on paper	color image	1929	16.8 in × 22 in (42.7 cm × 55.9 cm) IAP 20493118	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: interior depicting unmade bed with rumpled brown blanket/white sheets; bedside table with oil lamp/hat/necktie.
Still Life, Azaleas, watercolor on paper		1934	21 in × 28 in (53.3 cm × 71.1 cm) IAP 8A220009	Stephen Phillips Memorial Trust House, Salem, MA	Still life: oriental figurine of woman in red robes and 2 pots of azaleas with pink blossoms on patterned cloth set in an interior. Mrs. Stephen Phillips, a new neighbor, visited Benson's Chestnut Street, Salem home for tea. She mentioned that she enjoyed the painting and Benson gave it to her as a gift.
Still Life, oil on canvas	color image	1936	30 in × 50 in (76.2 cm × 127.0 cm) IAP 61070671		Still life: several objects on table; bowls/platters with fruit, pitcher of water/liquid, candlesticks.
Candelight, etching	search collection		25.1 in × 20 in (63.8 cm × 50.8 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

Other paintings/etching

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Paris Parade, oil on canvas		1884	12.5 in × 7.6 in (31.8 cm × 19.3 cm) IAP 89170009	Private collection	While Benson studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, he made the small Impressionistic oil painting, Paris Parade. Benson stayed the summer at the Grand Hotel in Concarneau, France where he became engaged to the daughter of friends from Salem, Massachusetts, Ellen Perry Peirson. They married three years later, after Benson had an opportunity to establish himself in his career.
Summer, oil on canvas		1890	50 in × 40 in (127.0 cm × 101.6 cm) IAP 08580165	Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC	Allegory
Benson Family at Wooster Farm, oil on canvas	color image	1901	24.9 in × 29.9 in (63.2 cm × 75.9 cm)	Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	Scene: artist's family at Wooster Farm, North Haven, ME.
The High Carry, etching/print	view	1915	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: 3 figures traveling in mountainous landscape; one figure is porting canoe.
My Pointer, etching/print	view	1915	5.9 in × 7.9 in (15.0 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: hunting dog (likely Pointer).
The Log Jam, etching/print	view	1915	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Birch Canoe, etching/print		1915		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Moose Caller, etching/print		1915		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Hurry, drypoint etching on copper plate/print		1915		Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Retriever, etching/print	view	1916	8.0 in × 6.0 in (20.2 cm × 15.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: retriever.
Silhouette, etching/print		1917		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Hunters, etching/print	view	1919	6 in × 7.9 in (15.2 cm × 20.1 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Seal, Peabody Museum. Salem, etching/print	view	1919	9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.2 cm × 20 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Seal, Essex County Ornithological Club, etching/print	view	1919	8.9 in × 6.9 in (22.5 cm × 17.6 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Supper, etching on wove paper/print	view	1920	12.5 in × 9.5 in (31.8 cm × 24.1 cm) or 7 in × 5 in (17.8 cm × 12.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
A Cup of Water, etching/print	view	1920	6.8 in × 4.9 in (17.2 cm × 12.4 cm)	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Scene: male figure crouching to dip water.
Camp-fire, etching/print		1920		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Guide, drypoint etching/print	view	1920	6.9 in × 10.9 in (17.5 cm × 27.7 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Scene: lone male figure standing in water holding gaff,
Henry's Tent, North Haven, Maine, watercolor on paper	color image	1921	13.5 in × 19 in (34.3 cm × 48.3 cm)
Boiling the Kettle, watercolor over graphite on ivory paper	color image	1923	14.8 in × 21.9 in (37.6 cm × 55.5 cm) IAP 89170037	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL	Scene: male figure crouching near campfire where kettle boils.
The Bridge, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1923	13.6 in × 10.7 in (34.6 cm × 27.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA; Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Plodding Home, etching/print	search collection	1924	7.2 in × 5.1 in (18.3 cm × 13.0 cm)	Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Log Driver, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1924	12.1 in × 14.1 in (30.7 cm × 35.8 cm) or 9.9 in × 11.9 in (25.1 cm × 30.2 cm)	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
The Camp, oil on canvas	color image	1925	22 in × 28 in (55.9 cm × 71.1 cm) IAP 63007559	Private collection
Man with a Gaff, drypoint etching on copper plate/print	view	1925	11.8 in × 9.8 in (30.0 cm × 24.9 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA	Subject: Canadian guide.
Pointer Dog, etching on laid paper/print	view	1925	9.3 in × 11.4 in (23.6 cm × 29.0 cm) or 5.9 in × 7.8 in (15 cm × 19.8 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA	Scene: Pointer.
Two Duck Hunters, watercolor	color image color image	1926	20 in × 25 in (50.8 cm × 63.5 cm)		Scene: waterfowl hunters (2) wading through marsh.
The Start (or Getting Underway), watercolor on paper	color image	1927	25 in × 19.5 in (63.5 cm × 49.5 cm)
Willow Trunks, watercolor, brush and blue		1933	20.1 in × 24.9 in (51.1 cm × 63.3 cm)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Three Cranks 1 A.M., watercolor on paper (en grisaille)	view		8.3 in × 10.8 in (21.1 cm × 27.4 cm)		Scene: 3 figures fishing in a nighttime cityscape.
Six Blue Hills, drypoint etching/print				Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Book-plate/Frontispiece: Pair of Geese, etching on laid paper/print	view	1919	4.0 in × 6.0 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm)		Scene: Canada geese.
Book-plate/Frontispiece: On Set Wings, etching on laid paper/print	view	1923	4.3 in × 5.7 in (11 cm × 14.5 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in flight.
Book-plate/Frontispiece: Startled Ducks etching on laid paper/print	view	1930	7.9 in × 5.9 in (20.1 cm × 15.0 cm)		Scene: wildfowl in waterscape.
Book-plate/Frontispiece: Untitled (for Quincy A. Shaw, Jr.) etching/print	view	1938	4 in × 3 in (10.2 cm × 7.6 cm)		Scene: single wildfowl in waterscape.
Book-plate: Charles Martin Loeffler, etching/print				Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA	Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935), French-born American violinist and composer.
Book-plate: Bessie Ingalls Hussey, drypoint etching/print	view		6.9 in × 4.9 in (17.5 cm × 12.4 cm)
Book-plate: The Retriever (for Henry Boardman Conover), etching/print	view		5.5 in × 4 in (14.0 cm × 10.2 cm)	Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH	Scene: retriever.
Duck Stamp Design, etching on paper/print	view	1942	3 in × 5 in (7.6 cm × 12.7 cm)		Scene: waterfowl in waterscape.
Tent, Lake Tahoe, watercolor, pencil on paper	color image		13.5 in × 19 in (34.3 cm × 48.3 cm)
Hunter, charcoal	view

Murals

Benson was commissioned by the Library of Congress of the United States in the 1890s; he completed murals of the Four Seasons and Three Graces for the project.

Title	Image	Year	Dimensions	Collection	Comments
Aglaia (or The Graces: Aglaia), mural		1896	IAP 08480647	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Aglaia, patroness of Husbandry, seated in landscape, holding shepherd's crook.
Euphrosyne (or The Graces: Euphrosyne), mural		1896	IAP 08480649	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Euphrosyne, patroness of Beauty, seated in landscape, looking at herself in hand mirror.
Thalia (or The Graces: Thalia), mural		1896	IAP 08480648	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Thalia, patroness of Music, seated in landscape, holding lyre.
The Four Seasons, mural		1896		Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Sketch for a Mural (c. 1890), oil on canvas		1890	32.9 in × 40.1 in (83.6 cm × 101.9 cm) IAP 08582618

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External links

• "Art collections of the Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield, a consortium of museums in Western Massachusetts". Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield Collections Database.
• "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)". Smithsonian Institution.