FIG. 24. THE VERNACULAR AND CULTIVATED TRADITIONS IN PAINTING. (Above left) The Old Schoolhouse by James M. Hart, 1849 (reproduced with permission from the collection of Ira (W. Martin); (above right) Dismissal of School on an October Afternoon, by Henry Inman, 1845 (reproduced with permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, M. and M. Karolik Collection).