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Oval grayscale portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a shadowed background.

James Topham Brady

Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869

Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette

William P. Babcock, 1850-80

Portrait of a man in dark coat and ruffled white jabot holding a folded letter, against a dark background.

Philip Van Cortlandt

Ezra Ames, ca. 1810

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a grey coat holding a small bird, with a tree and cloudy sky behind him.

James Badger

Joseph Badger, 1760

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and black bow tie against a brown background.

John F. Kensett

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1875

Oval portrait of a woman with dark curls and red flowers in her hair, wearing a white blouse and blue bodice.

Mrs. William Loring Andrews

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1861-63

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, dark velvet dress and white shawl, seated in a red chair.

Mrs. Benjamin Simons

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1771-76

Portrait of a seated man in gray suit with a quill pen at a desk, red curtain and window view behind him.

Samuel Cutts

Joseph Blackburn, ca. 1762-63

Seated woman in green silk gown with a brown and white spaniel on a red sofa, against a landscape background.

Lady with a Dog

Mather Brown, 1786

Portrait of a seated young woman in white dress and bonnet beside a harpsichord holding sheet music, dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mather Brown, 1801

Monochrome painting of a seated man in a dark coat with white powdered hair, holding a book beside stacked volumes.

George Washington: Design for an Engraving

Alonzo Chappel, ca. 1860

Oil painting of a man in a dark military uniform riding a prancing grey horse across an open field under cloudy skies.

Equestrian Portrait of William II, King of the Netherlands

Nicolaas Pieneman, c. 1830 - c. 1850

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress beside a small table with a pink rose, on a brown background.

Lady in Black

William Merritt Chase, 1888

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and large white hat against a dark background.

Bessie Potter

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895

Painting of a smiling toddler in a white dress holding a red ball against a brown background.

Roland

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902

Full-length painting of a young boy in a dark sailor suit with white collar, leaning on a blue-seated chair.

Alexander Stewart Wetherill

Alfred Quinton Collins, ca. 1890-1900

Oil portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and bow tie, holding a top hat and cane beside a stone column.

James Merrill Cook

Nelson Cook, 1840

Oil portrait of a woman in a black lace shawl holding a straw hat tied with satin ribbon, beside a classical column.

Mrs. James Merrill Cook

Nelson Cook, 1840

Seated woman in brown silk gown and white bonnet holding a closed book, against a dark background, by John Singleton Copley.

Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne

John Singleton Copley, 1766

Bust-length oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

John Adams Conant

William Dunlap, 1829

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar and gold jewelry against a dark background.

Mrs. John Adams Conant

William Dunlap, 1829

Grayscale oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, seated before a dark background.

Jonathan Sturges

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1840

Full-length portrait of a boy in a blue coat and brown waistcoat holding a book, with red drapery and bookshelves behind.

Boy of the Crossfield Family (Possibly Richard Crossfield)

John Durand, ca. 1766-68

Portrait of a seated woman in a tan dress with puffed sleeves, holding flowers at a table with a landscape behind her.

Mrs. Winfield Scott

Asher Brown Durand, 1831

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a black coat and white cravat, seated before a dark background.

Luman Reed

Asher Brown Durand, 1835

Half-length portrait of a woman in silver gown and blue wrap, with dark tree and cloudy sky behind her.

Portrait of a Lady

Gerrit Duyckinck, ca. 1710

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white satin holding a child in a blue sash, with an inkwell and quill on a table.

Lady Williams and Child

Ralph Earl, 1783

Grayscale portrait of a seated woman in a sheer ruffled gown against a dark wooded landscape with a waterfall.

Mrs. James Clinton Griswold

Charles Loring Elliott, 1854

Loose oil sketch of a standing man in a dark suit and red tie against a brown background.

James MacAlister (Sketch)

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1895

Grayscale oval portrait of an older man with curly hair, dark coat and cravat, against a dark background.

Caleb Gasper

Charles Loring Elliott, 1852