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Painting of costumed figures in a rural yard with women in headwraps and children watching beside a wooden fence.

Dressing for the Carnival

Winslow Homer, 1877

Winslow Homer beach scene: a girl wringing out her hair, a seated boy, a standing figure and a dog near breaking waves.

Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide)

Winslow Homer, 1870

Four soldiers in rain capes warm themselves at a campfire in a muddy camp with white tents, a wagon, and mules.

Rainy Day in Camp

Winslow Homer, 1871

Painting of boys in a chain running across a meadow toward a red schoolhouse under a cloudy sky.

Snap the Whip

Winslow Homer, 1872

Small oil study of white surf breaking on a sandy beach, with a green sea and dark headland under a pale blue sky.

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1869 (?)

Painting of a misty river at dusk with cattle wading, a large autumn tree on the right, and a small boat on the shore.

Autumn Meadows

George Inness, 1869

Landscape painting of a river with cattle, a rainbow over distant mountains, and a seated figure in the meadow.

Delaware Water Gap

George Inness, 1861

Painting of a dark rural landscape at sunset with silhouetted trees, a cow by a fence, and a winding path.

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts

George Inness, 1875

Painting of a harvest field at sunset with two large trees, grain shocks, workers, a river and distant hills.

Peace and Plenty

George Inness, 1865

Hazy meadow at dawn with a glowing sun, leafy and bare trees, a lone figure, and distant cattle by George Inness.

Sunrise

George Inness, 1887

Interior painting of an old man seated by a fireplace while two women at right admire a feathered bonnet.

The New Bonnet

Eastman Johnson, 1876

Mounted commander in a tricorn hat gestures toward lines of infantry and a cannon in a valley below distant mountains.

Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, after 1795

Painting of a river valley with sailboats on calm water between wooded mountains, two small figures in the grassy foreground.

Hudson River Scene

John Frederick Kensett, 1857

Clipper ship with white sails and American flag in choppy harbor water among smaller boats, with a city skyline in the distan

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1854

Painting of a river lined with tall poplars, a hillside on the left, and a distant village with a church spire under cloudy s

View on the Seine: Harp of the Winds

Homer Dodge Martin, 1893-95

Sunlit dirt street of old brick houses with an ox cart, pedestrians, a barber pole, and water visible in the distance.

Old Annapolis, Francis Street

Francis Blackwell Mayer, 1876

Autumn landscape with bare trees, a stream, and small figures of people and children under a cloudy sky.

Saturday Afternoon

Jervis McEntee, 1875

Painting of a clapboard farmhouse beside a bare tree under a stormy sky, with a split-rail fence and figures near the door.

Long Island Farmhouses

William Sidney Mount, 1862-63

Men in period coats and hats gather around a plucked goose on a table in a rustic barn interior.

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)

William Sidney Mount, 1837

Two men talk in a barn beside a barrel and pumpkins, with a horse looking out from a stall behind them.

Talking It Over

Enoch Wood Perry, 1872

Men seated on a porch behind a railing, one reading The True American newspaper, with green shutters on the wall behind.

The True American

Enoch Wood Perry, ca. 1874

Grayscale painting of a birchbark canoe on a river with three figures, a rock and forest behind them.

Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer

Frederic Remington, 1889

Painting of a village of tiled rooftops seen from above, with fields and bare trees fading into a hazy distance.

A Bird's-Eye View

Theodore Robinson, 1889

Two standing men on a columned porch with seated women and children, with dogs and a lawn landscape beyond.

Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War)

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1859

Dim landscape painting of a stone arched bridge among trees, a hill on the right, and towers under a warm sunset sky.

The Bridge

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1880

Heavily textured painting with a golden glowing band above dark brown and red rounded forms, cracked surface throughout.

Curfew Hour

Albert Pinkham Ryder, by 1882

Dark painting of a grounded two-masted ship beside a rocky cliff and cave, with small figures, a horse, and a hazy sea.

The Smugglers' Cove

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1880

Painting of stormy harbor with masted ships and workers near a columned customs house, by Robert Salmon, 1828.

The Custom House at Greenock, Scotland

Robert Salmon, 1828

Painting of a red brick railroad depot with an American flag, horse-drawn streetcars, pedestrians and a balloon over a cobble

The Third Avenue Railroad Depot

William H. Schenck, ca. 1859-60

Grayscale painting of the Parthenon on a rocky hill with two seated figures in the foreground, framed in a lunette.

The Parthenon

Vincent G. Stiepevich, 1880