Edward Bannister created hundreds of paintings. Many of them are unnamed and undated. Many are unaccounted for. Below is a small selection of paintings that I think represent the tremendous diversity of Bannister as an artist.
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Palmer River, 1885, oil on canvas, overall: 61.6 x 86.6 cm (24 1/4 x 34 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Dorchester, 1856, oil on canvas, 141⁄8 x 201⁄8 in. (35.9 x 51.1 cm.), Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
Edward Mitchell Banister, Untitle (Still Life), Rhode Island College.
Edward Mitchell Bannister, People Near Boat, oil on canvas, height: 35.5 cm (14 in) ; width: 50.4 cm (19.8 in), Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Streamside, 1870, oil on canvas, overall: height: 355.60 mm (14 in); width: 533.40 mm (21 in), Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Edward Mitchell Bannister, St. Luke, ca. 1869-1873, oil on canvas, 241⁄4 x 181⁄8 in. (61.5 x 46.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Newspaper Boy, 1869, oil on canvas, 301⁄8 x 251⁄8 in. (76.6 x 63.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (Landscape with Man on Horse), 1884, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Approaching Storm, 1886, oil on canvas, 401⁄8 x 60 in. (102.0 x 152.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Driving Home the Cows, 1881, oil on canvas, height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in) ; width: 127.3 cm (50.1 in), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Sunset Scene, between circa 1875 and circa 1885 , oil on canvas, height: 27.3 cm (10.7 in) ; width: 47.9 cm (18.8 in), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, People Near Boat, 1893, oil on canvas, 35.6 x 50.4 cm, Smithsonian American Art MuseumPeople Near Boat
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Newport, between 1877 and 1882, oil on canvas, height: 43.1 cm (17 in) ; width: 73.3 cm (28.8 in) , Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister,Prudence Nelson Bell, 1864, Oil on Canvas, 63.5 cm x 53.34 cm. Private Collection, Reproduced from The Athenaeum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Fishing Shacks, between circa 1877 and circa 1885, oil on canvas, height: 26.9 cm (10.6 in) ; width: 35.2 cm (13.8 in), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (landscape with pier), between 1828 and 1901, oil on canvas, height: 31.1 cm (12.2 in) ; width: 51.1 cm (20.1 in) , Smithsonian American Art Museum