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12,325 works

Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted riders on a green prairie with a crowd gathered in the foreground under a pale sky.

"Smoking Horses," a Curious Custom of the Sauk and Fox

George Catlin, 1830

Calm river with green wooded hills and a rocky bluff, two canoes with paddlers in the foreground, reflections on water.

Picturesque Bluffs above Prairie du Chien

George Catlin, 1830

Two paddlers in a canoe on a calm river below green hills and trees, with clouds and reflections in the water.

Madame Ferrebault's Prairie, above Prairie du Chien

George Catlin, 1830

Jee-hé-o-hó-shah, Cannot Be Thrown Down, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a standing man in a feathered headdress and fur robe, holding a decorated pipestem with red ribbons.

Ráw-no-way-wóh-krah, Loose Pipestem, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of medieval towers and crenellated walls of Carcassonne rising above a grassy slope under a pale sky.

Battlements of Carcassonne, France

Cass Gilbert, 1910

Painting of Assiniboine men and women in a pipe dance circle around a fire, with tipis and onlookers in the background.

Pipe Dance, Assiniboine

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman with red face paint, layered beaded necklaces and beaded earrings against a cloudy blue sky.

Koon-za-ya-me, Female War Eagle

George Catlin, 1840

Woman in a pale robe holds a small statuette by a window, with a flower bowl on a round table and a floral screen behind her.

Tanagra (The Builders, New York)

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of a standing Indigenous man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and a curved staff, against a green-gold back

Naugh-háigh-hee-kaw, He Who Moistens the Wood

George Catlin, 1820

Watercolor of a man sleeping on his side with his head on his arm, wearing a white shirt on rumpled white sheets.

Portrait Study

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Oval landscape of a calm Swiss lake with a rocky cliff, a boat of figures, snowy mountains, and a village under clouds.

A Swiss Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of a standing man with feathered headdress, red sash and club against a pale sky with hills.

Won-de-tów-a, The Wonder

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a seated man with feathered headdress, red ribbons, and a blue patterned shirt against a tan background.

Hose-put-o-káw-gee, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Dr. Gustavus Brown

Gustavus Hesselius, 1740

Hón-je-a-pút-o, Wife of Bear-catcher

George Catlin, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man with brown hair and blue eyes in a red coat, in a round gold frame.

Peter Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1810

Painting of a wounded bison bleeding onto green prairie grass under a cloudy sky with distant hills.

Wounded Buffalo, Strewing His Blood over the Prairies

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of canoes on a calm river below green hills and pale bluffs, with their reflections in the water.

View on the Upper Mississippi, Beautiful Prairie Bluffs

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of an older man with dark hair, wearing a green garment and layered necklaces with silver medallions.

Ko-mán-i-kin, Big Wave, an Old and Distinguished Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Láh-shee, The Licker, called "Creek Billy"

George Catlin, 1830

Pam-a-hó, The Swimmer, One of Black Hawk's Warriors

George Catlin, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a grey powdered wig, white cravat and dark blue coat against a pale background.

Brother-in-law of Mrs. Alexander Rose

Archibald Robertson, 1790

Painted portrait of a man in feathered headdress, fur chest piece and bone necklace, holding a lance against a blue and gold

Kots-o-kó-ro-kó, Hair of the Bull's Neck, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a sprig of white bell-shaped alpine flowers with red tips and green needle-like leaves on cream paper.

Cassiope (Cassiope mertensiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Portrait of a man with red and blue face paint, feathered headdress, and beaded sash, holding a painted pipe stem.

O-tá-wah, The Ottaway, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of slender hawkweed with yellow flower heads and green leaves on a cream background.

Heieracium gracile

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a seated boy in a pale sweater holding an arrow, set against a dark tree and a glowing evening landscape.

The Boy with the Arrow

Douglas Volk, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a seated woman in a red and blue headscarf and dark embroidered jacket with white lace collar.

Armenian Lady, Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor sketch of two bearded men in Turkish dress, one standing in a yellow jacket and one seated in blue.

Turks

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a violet pinebarren gentian flower with two buds and slender green leaves on a cream background.

Pinebarren Gentian (Gentiana porphyrio)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920